Epidemiological and virological investigations of equine influenza outbreaks in Ireland (2010-2012)

Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses

Volumn 7, Issue SUPPL.4, 2013, Pages 61-72

  Gildea, Sarah ^a   Fitzpatrick, David A ^b   Cullinane, Ann ^a  

^a IRISH EQUINE CENTRE   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Equine; Influenza; Investigations; Ireland; Outbreak

Indexed keywords

DUVAXYN IE T PLUS; EQUILIS PREQUENZA TE; EQUIP FT; INFLUENZA VACCINE; PROTEQFLU TE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONSULTATION; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EQUINE INFLUENZA; FEVER; FOMITE; HEMOLYSIS; INCUBATION TIME; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; IRELAND; JUMPING; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROCONVERSION; SEROLOGY; VETERINARY SURGEON; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN; WINTER;

EQUINE; INFLUENZA; INVESTIGATIONS; IRELAND; OUTBREAK;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEMAGGLUTININ GLYCOPROTEINS, INFLUENZA VIRUS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; IRELAND; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 84888066897     PISSN: 17502640     EISSN: 17502659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/irv.12192     Document Type: Article

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