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Comparative Susceptibility of Selected Avian and Mammalian Species to a Hong Kong–Origin H5N1 High-Pathogenicity Avian Influenza Virus
1 Sept 2003
Abstract excerpt
Seventeen avian species and two mammalian species were intranasally inoculated with the zoonotic A/chicken/Hong Kong/220/97 (chicken/HK) (H5N1) avian influenza (AI) virus in order to ascertain a relative range of susceptible hosts and the pathobiology of the resultant disease. A direct association was demonstrated between viral replication and the severity of disease, with four general gradations being observed...
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