title: Influenza virus A (H1N1) in giant anteaters (Myrmecophaga tridactyla).
abstract: In February 2007, an outbreak of respiratory disease occurred in a group of giant anteaters (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) at the Nashville Zoo. Isolates from 2 affected animals were identified in March 2007 as a type A influenza virus related to human influenza subtype H1N1.
authors.affiliation: Nashville Zoo at Grassmere, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
authors.forename: Sally
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nofs
authors.forename: Mohamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Abd-Eldaim
authors.forename: Kathy V
authors.initials: KV
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Toplon
authors.forename: Dawn
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rouse
authors.forename: Melissa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kennedy
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000836:Animals, Zoo; D005260:Female; D006799:Housing, Animal; D006801:Humans; D053118:Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000821:virology; D008297:Male; D009297:Nasal Mucosa / Q000821:virology; D009976:Orthomyxoviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013714:Tennessee / Q000453:epidemiology; D004490:Xenarthra / Q000821:virology*