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Bird Flu
Reports from Institute of Diagnostic highlight recent research in bird flu
January 27th, 2009
Investigators publish new data in the report 'Rapid pathotyping of recent H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses and of H5 viruses with low pathogenicity by RT-PCR and restriction enzyme cleavage pattern (RECP).' According to recent research published in the Journal of Virological Methods, "Rapid and accurate diagnosis of avian influenza virus infections of poultry and humans comprises detection, subtyping, and, in case of subtypes H5 and H7, pathotyping of such viruses. Reliable methods for pathotyping of H5 avian influenza viruses (AIV) are based on determination of the intravenous pathogenicity index (IVPI) in specific pathogen free (SPF) chickens and on characterization...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-01-27)
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