Novel avian influenza A(H5N8) viruses in migratory birds, China, 2013-2014

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1121-1123

  Zhou, Li Chen ^a   Liu, Jing ^a   Pei, En Le ^b   Xue, Wen Jie ^c   Lyu, Jia Min ^a   Cai, Yin Ting ^d   Wu, D ^b   Wu, Wei ^c   Liu, Yu Yi ^e   Jin, Hui Yu ^b   Gao, Yu Wei ^f   Wang, Zheng Huan ^a   Wang, Tian Hou ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shanghai Municipal Agency of Wildlife Conservation   (China)

^c Chongming Dongtan Nature Reserve   (China)

^d Shanghai Jiuduansha Wetland Nature Reserve Administration   (China)

^e Shanghai Forestry Bureau   (China)

^f BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMAGGLUTININ; PROTEINASE;

ANAS CRECCA; AVIAN INFLUENZA A(H5N8) VIRUS; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; CHINA; CURLEW; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LETTER; MIGRANT BIRD; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POULTRY; SOUTH KOREA; VIRUS STRAIN; WINTER; ANIMAL; AVIAN INFLUENZA; BIRD; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HISTORY; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; POPULATION MIGRATION; VIROLOGY; VIRUS GENE;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BIRDS; CHINA; GENES, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84969264797     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2206.151754     Document Type: Letter

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