title: Responding to the equine influenza outbreak: challenges from a laboratory perspective.
abstract: The unique challenges that laboratories in Queensland and New South Wales faced during the response to the 2007 equine influenza outbreak and how these were managed are described.
authors.affiliation: Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute, Menangle, New South Wales 2568, Australia.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Townsend
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Waltisbuhl
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001315:Australia; D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards / Q000662:veterinary*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary*; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000821:virology*; D006736:Horses; D053123:Influenza A Virus, H3N8 Subtype / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009976:Orthomyxoviridae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000097:blood*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards / Q000662:veterinary*
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral