Are seals frequently infected with avian influenza viruses?
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Are seals frequently infected with avian influenza viruses?
Influenza A virus isolates of the H4N5 subtype (which has previously been detected only in birds) were recovered from harbor seals dying of viral pneumonia on the New England coast from June 1982 through March 1983. When these isolates were compared with other mammalian and avian viruses in serological assays and RNA-RNA competitive hybridization, it was found that the seal viruses were most cl...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Virology
سال: 1984
ISSN: 0022-538X,1098-5514
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.51.3.863-865.1984