title: The first five days: field and laboratory investigations during the early stages of the equine influenza outbreak in Australia, 2007.
abstract: Until August 2007, Australia was one of only three countries internationally recognised to be free of equine influenza (EI). This report documents the diagnosis of the first cases of EI in Australian horses and summarises the investigations that took place over the next 5 days. During that time, a multifocal outbreak was identified across eastern New South Wales and south-eastern Queensland. The use of an influenza type A pan-reactive real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction allowed rapid confirmation of suspect cases of EI.
authors.affiliation: Elizabeth Macarthur Agriculture Institute, Menangle, New South Wales, Australia. peter.kirkland@industry.nsw.gov.au
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Kirkland
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ryan
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hart
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Corney
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hewitson
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Cooper
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Biddle
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Eastwood
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Slattery
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rayward
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Evers
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wright
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Halpin
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Selleck
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Watson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D016358:Contact Tracing / Q000662:veterinary; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary*; D006385:Hemagglutination Inhibition Tests / Q000662:veterinary; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D006736:Horses; D053123:Influenza A Virus, H3N8 Subtype / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009517:New South Wales / Q000453:epidemiology; D009976:Orthomyxoviridae Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D011793:Queensland / Q000453:epidemiology; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000662:veterinary
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D012367:RNA, Viral