Low prevalence of enzootic equine influenza virus among horses in Mongolia

Pathogens

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2017, Pages

  Sack, Alexandra ^a,b   Daramragchaa, Ulziimaa ^a   Chuluunbaatar, Maitsetseg ^a   Gonchigoo, Battsetseg ^a   Bazartseren, Boldbaatar ^a   Tsogbadrakh, Nyamdorj ^c   Gray, Gregory C ^b,d,e  

^a MONGOLIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Mongolia)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c National Center for Zoonotic Diseases   (Mongolia)

^d DUKE KUNSHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bactrian camels; Equine influenza; Mongolia; Pastoralism

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAMEL; COUGHING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EQUINE INFLUENZA; EQUINE INFLUENZA VIRUS; EYE DISCHARGE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HERD IMMUNITY; HORSE; HYPOREXIA; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA VIRUS; MDCK CELL LINE; MONGOLIA; NONHUMAN; NOSE DISCHARGE; NOSE SMEAR; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUBMANDIBULAR LYMPH NODE; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85038119645     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20760817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/pathogens6040061     Document Type: Article

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