Reassortant avian influenza a(H9N2) viruses in chickens in retail poultry shops, Pakistan, 2009–2010

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 673-676

  Chaudhry, Mamoona ^a,b   Angot, Angélique ^c   Rashid, Hamad B ^a   Cattoli, Giovanni ^c   Hussain, Manzoor ^d   Trovò, Giulia ^c   Drago, Alessandra ^c   Valastro, Viviana ^c   Thrusfield, Michael ^b   Welburn, Sue ^b   Eisler, Mark C ^e   Capua, Ilaria ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND ANIMAL SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE VENEZIE   (Italy)

^d FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Pakistan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA POLYMERASE; VIRUS NUCLEOPROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BOOTSTRAPPING; CHICKEN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC REASSORTMENT; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H7N3; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H9N2; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAKISTAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; THROAT CULTURE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HISTORY; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H9N2); INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; VIROLOGY; VIRUS GENE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; GENES, VIRAL; GEOGRAPHY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H9N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PAKISTAN; REASSORTANT VIRUSES;

EID: 84924954463     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2104.141570     Document Type: Article

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