Highly pathogenic avian influenza

E. Swayne, David; L. Suarez, David

doi:10.20506/rst.19.2.1230

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Highly pathogenic avian influenza

Published in Scientific and Technical Review (World Organisation for Animal Health) • Aug 1, 2000

Authors:

David E. Swayne

David L. Suarez

Abstract

Highly pathogenic (HP) avian influenza (AI) (HPAI) is an extremely contagious, multi-organ systemic disease of poultry leading to high mortality, and caused by some H5 and H7 subtypes of type A influenza virus, family Orthomyxoviridae. However, most AI virus strains are mildly pathogenic (MP) and pr...

Subject

Influenza A virus subtype H5N1

Outbreak

Biosecurity

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