Airborne transmission of highly pathogenic influenza virus during processing of infected poultry

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 1806-1814

  Bertran, Kateri ^a   Balzli, Charles ^a   Kwon, Yong Kuk ^a,d   Tumpey, Terrence M ^b   Clark, Andrew ^c   Swayne, David E ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency ^*  (United States)

^d Animal Plant and Fisheries Quarantine and Inspection Agency   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIRBORNE VIRUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CHICKEN; CLADISTICS; DUCK; HIGHLY PATHOGENIC AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H5N1); MARKET; MUSTELA PUTORIUS FURO; NONHUMAN; POULTRY; SIMULATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVIAN INFLUENZA; BIRD DISEASE; EXPOSURE; MICROBIOLOGY; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; DUCKS; FERRETS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; POULTRY DISEASES;

EID: 85032029979     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2311.170672     Document Type: Article

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