Prolonged intermittent virus shedding during an outbreak of canine influenza A H3N2 virus infection in dogs in three Chicago area shelters: 16 cases (March to May 2015)

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 248, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1022-1026

  Newbury, Sandra ^a   Godhardt Cooper, Jennifer ^b   Poulsen, Keith P ^a,b   Cigel, Francine ^b   Balanoff, Laura ^a   Toohey Kurth, Kathy ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; BREEDING; DOG; DOG DISEASES; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; ILLINOIS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H3N2); ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NOSE MUCOSA; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX RATIO; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS SHEDDING;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; BREEDING; CHICAGO; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H3N2 SUBTYPE; MALE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NASAL MUCOSA; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VIRUS SHEDDING;

EID: 84963604707     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: 1943569X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.248.9.1022     Document Type: Review

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