Pathogenicity and transmission of H5 and H7 highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses in mallards

Journal of Virology

Volumn 90, Issue 21, 2016, Pages 9967-9982

  Pantin Jackwood, Mary J ^a   Costa Hurtado, Mar ^a,c   Shepherd, Eric ^a,b   DeJesus, Eric ^a   Smith, Diane ^a   Spackman, Erica ^a   Kapczynski, Darrell R ^a   Suarez, David L ^a   Stallknecht, David E ^b   Swayne, David E ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEVER; HIGHLY PATHOGENIC AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H5N1); INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H5N2); INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H5N8); MONGOLIA; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DISPERSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; VIRUS TITRATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS VIRULENCE; WEIGHT GAIN; ANIMAL; AVIAN INFLUENZA; BIRD DISEASE; DUCK; EPIDEMIC; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; PATHOGENICITY; POULTRY; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DUCKS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; POULTRY; POULTRY DISEASES;

EID: 84994048536     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: 10985514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.01165-16     Document Type: Article

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