Nucleic acid-based detection of influenza a virus subtypes H7 and N9 with a special emphasis on the avian H7N9 virus

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Kalthoff, D ^a   Bogs, J ^a   Harder, T ^a   Grund, C ^a   Pohlmann, A ^a   Beer, M ^a   Hoffmann, B ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMAGGLUTININ; HN PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; CHICK EMBRYO; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC REASSORTMENT; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H7N9; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CHINA; DNA PRIMERS; DNA PROBES; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H7N9 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; NEURAMINIDASE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84896296453     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES2014.19.10.20731     Document Type: Article

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