Virological and epidemiological evidence of avian influenza virus infections among feral dogs in live poultry markets, China: A threat to human health?

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1644-1646

  Su, Shuo ^a   Zhou, Pei ^a   Fu, Xinliang ^a   Wang, Lifang ^a   Hong, Malin ^a   Lu, Gang ^a   Sun, Lingshuang ^a   Qi, Wenbao ^a   Ning, Zhangyong ^a   Jia, Kun ^a   Yuan, Ziguo ^a   Wang, Heng ^a   Ke, Changwen ^c   Wu, Jie ^c   Zhang, Guihong ^a   Gray, Gregory C ^b   Li, Shoujun ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Guangdong Province   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; CHINA; FERAL DOG; HEALTH HAZARD; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H7N9; LETTER; NONHUMAN; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VIROLOGY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DOG; DOG DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TEST; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H9N2; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; TRANSMISSION; VETERINARY;

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHINA; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TESTS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H9N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; POULTRY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 84900425552     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciu154     Document Type: Letter

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