Transmission of equine influenza virus to English foxhounds.
We retrospectively demonstrated that an outbreak of severe respiratory disease in a pack of English foxhounds in the United Kingdom in September 2002 was caused by an equine influenza A virus (H3N8). We also demonstrated that canine respiratory tissue possesses the relevant receptors for infection with equine influenza virus.
Daly
Janet M
JM
Animal Health Trust, Kentford, Newmarket, Suffolk, UK. jshaw@liverpool.ac.uk
Blunden
Anthony S
AS
Macrae
Shona
S
Miller
Jodi
J
Bowman
Samantha J
SJ
Kolodziejek
Jolanta
J
Nowotny
Norbert
N
Smith
Ken C
KC
D000818:Animals; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000635:transmission / Q000821:virology*; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000635:transmission / Q000821:virology*; D006736:Horses; D053123:Influenza A Virus, H3N8 Subtype; D008297:Male; D009976:Orthomyxoviridae Infections / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D011024:Pneumonia, Viral / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary / Q000821:virology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D006113:United Kingdom