Immunization of Domestic Ducks with Live Nonpathogenic H5N3 Influenza Virus Prevents Shedding and Transmission of Highly Pathogenic H5N1 Virus to Chickens

Wild ducks are known to be able to carry avian influenza viruses over long distances and infect domestic ducks, which in their turn infect domestic chickens. Therefore, prevention of virus transmission between ducks and chickens is important to control the spread of avian influenza. Here we used a l...

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Main Authors: Alexandra Gambaryan, Ilya Gordeychuk, Elizaveta Boravleva, Natalia Lomakina, Ekaterina Kropotkina, Andrey Lunitsin, Hans-Dieter Klenk, Mikhail Matrosovich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-03-01
Series:Viruses
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/10/4/164