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Original Research Articles

Mallard or chicken? Comparing the isolation of avian influenza A viruses in embryonated Mallard and chicken eggs

Josef D. JärhultSection for Infectious Diseases Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden;Zoonosis Science Center Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
, MD, PhD,
John WahlgrenDepartment of MicrobiologyTumor and Cell Biology (MTC), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden;The Public Health Agency of Sweden, Solna, Sweden
, PhD,
Badrul HasanSection for Infectious Diseases Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden;Zoonosis Science Center Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
, DVM, PhD,
Erik SalaneckSection for Infectious Diseases Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden;Zoonosis Science Center Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
, MD, PhD &
Åke LundkvistZoonosis Science Center Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden;The Public Health Agency of Sweden, Solna, Sweden
(Professor)
Article: 28458 | Received 06 May 2015, Accepted 16 Aug 2015, Published online: 08 Sep 2015

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