First evidence of H10N8 avian influenza virus infections among feral dogs in live poultry markets in Guangdong Province, China

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 748-750

  Su, Shuo ^a,b   Qi, Wenbao ^a   Zhou, Pei ^a,b   Xiao, Chencheng ^a   Yan, Zhongshan ^a,b   Cui, Jin ^a,b   Jia, Kun ^a,b   Zhang, Guihong ^a,b   Gray, Gregory C ^c   Liao, Ming ^a   Li, Shoujun ^a,b  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Prevention and Control for Severe Clinical Animal Diseases   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHINA; FERAL DOG; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H10N8; LETTER; MARKET; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; AVIAN INFLUENZA; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; POULTRY; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; POULTRY;

EID: 84905185618     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciu345     Document Type: Letter

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