Potential of vaccination to confound interpretation of real-time PCR results for equine influenza

• Published in: Veterinary Record
• Main Authors: Diallo, Ibrahim S., Read, A. J., Kirkland, P. D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Veterinary virology; Communicable diseases of animals (General); Horses; Daly; Mumford; New Zealand; Queensland; Iceland
• Online Access: http://era.daf.qld.gov.au/id/eprint/6729/

EQUINE influenza (EI) is caused by type A influenza virus (IVA) belonging to the genus Influenzavirus A of the family Orthomyxoviridae. EI is a severe respiratory disease of horses with high morbidity and low mortality (Mumford and others 1990, Daly and others 2004). It is commonly encountered in mo...