Article
Avian influenza - diagnosis.
Zoonoses and public health - 1 Jan 2008
Alexander D J
Abstract excerpt
The diagnosis of avian influenza (AI) virus infections, even highly pathogenic AI (HPAI), represents a considerable challenge due to the lack of pathognomonic or specific clinical signs and their variation in different avian hosts plus the marked antigenic variation amongst influenza A viruses. Conventional laboratory techniques involve the isolation, identification and characterization (including virulence...
Topics
- Animals
- Antigenic Variation
- Birds
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Genetic Variation
- Host-Pathogen Interactions
- Influenza A virus
- Influenza in Birds
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Species Specificity
- Time Factors
- Virulence