Seroepidemiologic and virologic studies since 1889 suggested that human influenza
pandemics were caused by H1, H2, and H3 subtypes of influenza A viruses. If not for the …

Avian influenza is caused by avian influenza virus infection; the H5N1 avian influenza virus
is a highly pathogenic subtype, affecting poultry and human health. Since the discovery of …

Despite the large amount of money spent on research into pollution of the indoor
environment, the problem remains complex with major gaps in our knowledge of the …

We report H5N1 virus infection in a domestic cat infected by eating a pigeon carcass. The
virus isolated from the pigeon and the cat showed the same cluster as the viruses obtained …

During the second outbreak of avian influenza H5N1 in Thailand, probable horizontal
transmission among tigers was demonstrated in the tiger zoo. Sequencing and phylogenetic …

H5N1 influenza A virus causes a rapidly fatal systemic disease in domestic poultry and
spreads directly from poultry to mammalian species such as leopards, tigers and humans …

A patient may have been infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza virus H5N1 in
Guangzhou, People's Republic of China, at a food market that had live birds. Virus genes …

The H5N1 avian influenza virus outbreak among zoo tigers in mid-October 2004, with 45
animals dead, indicated that the avian influenza virus could cause lethal infection in a large …

In this study, a specific and sensitive one-step multiplex real-time RT-PCR was developed in
two assays by using primers and a number of specific locked nucleic acid (LNA)-mediated …

A surveillance program for influenza A viruses (H5N1) was conducted in live bird and food
markets in central Thailand during July 2006–August 2007. Twelve subtype H5N1 viruses …