Avian influenza a(H10n7) virus–associated mass deaths among harbor seals

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 720-722

  Bodewes, Rogier ^a   Bestebroer, Theo M ^a   Van Der Vries, Erhard ^a   Verhagen, Josanne H ^a   Herfst, Sander ^a   Koopmans, Marion P ^a   Fouchier, Ron A M ^a   Pfankuche, Vanessa M ^b   Wohlsein, Peter ^b   Siebert, Ursula ^b   Baumgärtner, Wolfgang ^b   Osterhaus, Albert D M E ^a,b,c  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c Artemis One Health   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AUTOPSY; AVIAN INFLUENZA; CARCASS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H10N7; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LETTER; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; PHOCA; PNEUMONIA; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHINITIS; TRACHEITIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; DENMARK; GENETICS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H10N7); ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; DENMARK; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H10N7 SUBTYPE; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PHOCA;

EID: 84924992057     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2104.141675     Document Type: Letter

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