Putative human and avian risk factors for avian influenza virus infections in backyard poultry in Egypt

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 208-213

  Sheta, Basma M ^a,b   Fuller, Trevon L ^b   Larison, Brenda ^b   Njabo, Kevin Y ^b   Ahmed, Ahmed Samy ^c   Harrigan, Ryan ^b   Chasar, Anthony ^b   Aziz, Soad Abdel ^c   Khidr, Abdel Aziz A ^a   Elbokl, Mohamed M ^a   Habbak, Lotfy Z ^a   Smith, Thomas B ^b  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Agriculture Research Center   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Disease reservoirs; Influenza A virus H5N1 subtype; Influenza in birds; Poultry diseases; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; CHICKEN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DUCK; EGYPT; FECES; GENE SEQUENCE; GOOSE; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A (H5N1); INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PIGEON; PIGEONS AND DOVES; POULTRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REARING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; SMEAR; SONGBIRD; TRACHEAL SWAB; TURKEY (BIRD); VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WATER BIRD; WATERFOWL;

ANATIDAE; AVES; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; GALLUS GALLUS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS;

DISEASE RESERVOIRS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS - H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; POULTRY DISEASES; ZOONOSES;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EGYPT; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TESTS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; POULTRY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84890789778     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2013.11.010     Document Type: Article

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