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A molecular and antigenic survey of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus isolates from smallholder duck farms in Central Java, Indonesia during 2007-2008.
Virology journal - 7 Sept 2011
Wibawa Hendra, Henning Joerg, Wong Frank, Selleck Paul, Junaidi Akhmad, Bingham John, Daniels Peter, Meers Joanne
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Indonesia is one of the countries most severely affected by H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus in terms of poultry and human health. However, there is little information on the diversity of H5N1 viruses circulating in backyard farms, where chickens and ducks often intermingle. In this study, H5N1 virus infection occurring in 96 smallholder duck farms in central Java, Indonesia from...
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