Ecological routes of avian influenza virus transmission to a common mesopredator: An experimental evaluation of alternatives

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Root, J Jeffrey ^a   Bentler, Kevin T ^a   Shriner, Susan A ^a   Mooers, Nicole L ^a   VanDalen, Kaci K ^a   Sullivan, Heather J ^a   Franklin, Alan B ^a  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; CARCASS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H4N6; NONHUMAN; RACCOON; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS SHEDDING; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; FOOD CHAIN; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; ORTHOMYXOVIRUS INFECTION; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; FOOD CHAIN; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; RACCOONS;

EID: 84924958065     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0102964     Document Type: Article

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