Novel reassortant highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N8) virus in zoos, India

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 717-719

  Nagarajan, Shanmugasundaram ^a   Kumar, Manoj ^a   Murugkar, Harshad V ^a   Tripathi, Sushil ^a   Shukla, Shweta ^a   Agarwal, Sonam ^a   Dubey, Garima ^a   Nagi, Raunaq Singh ^a   Singh, Vijendra Pal ^a   Tosh, Chakradhar ^a  

^a ICAR National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

HEMAGGLUTININ; HN PROTEIN; MATRIX PROTEIN; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 1; NUCLEOPROTEIN; SIALIDASE; SIALIDASE INHIBITOR;

GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC REASSORTMENT; HIGHLY PATHOGENIC AVIAN INFLUENZA; HIGHLY PATHOGENIC AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; HIGHLY PATHOGENIC AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS (H5N8); LETTER; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS VIRULENCE; WATERFOWL; ANIMAL; AVIAN INFLUENZA; BIRD; GENETICS; INDIA; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H5N8); VIROLOGY; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; BIRDS; INDIA; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N8 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; PHYLOGENY; REASSORTANT VIRUSES;

EID: 85015734011     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2304.161886     Document Type: Letter

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