Avian influenza H7N9/13 and H7N7/13: A comparative virulence study in chickens, pigeons, and ferrets

Journal of Virology

Volumn 88, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 9153-9165

  Kalthoff, Donata ^a   Bogs, Jessica ^a   Grund, Christian ^a   Tauscher, Kerstin ^a   Teifke, Jens P ^a   Starick, Elke ^a   Harder, Timm ^a   Beer, Martin ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; BIOSAFETY; CASE REPORT; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERRET; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H7N7; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H7N9; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES COMPARISON; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS SHEDDING; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BIRDS; CHICKENS; CHINA; COLUMBIDAE; FEMALE; FERRETS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H7N7 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H7N9 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; RNA, VIRAL; VIRULENCE; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS SHEDDING;

EID: 84904865549     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: 10985514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.01241-14     Document Type: Article

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