Fatal influenza A (H5N1) virus Infection in zoo-housed Tigers in Yunnan Province, China

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Hu, Tingsong ^a   Zhao, Huanyun ^b   Zhang, Yan ^c   Zhang, Wendong ^b   Kong, Qiang ^b,d   Zhang, Zhixiao ^a   Cui, Qinghua ^a   Qiu, Wei ^a   Deng, Bo ^a   Fan, Quanshui ^a   Zhang, Fuqiang ^a  

^a SHENZHEN CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b Disease Prevention and Control Centre   (China)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d YUNNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENETIC REASSORTMENT; GENETICS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H5N1); ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; ORTHOMYXOVIRUS INFECTION; PHYLOGENY; TIGER; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; FEMALE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; MALE; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PHYLOGENY; REASSORTANT VIRUSES; TIGERS;

EID: 84971255183     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep25845     Document Type: Article

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