title: A brief introduction to avian influenza virus.
abstract: Avian influenza virus (AIV) causes a disease of high economic importance for poultry production worldwide. The earliest recorded cases of probable high-pathogenicity AIV in poultry were reported in Italy in the 1870s, and avian influenza has been recognized in domestic poultry through the modern era of poultry production. Approaches to control vary widely, but elimination of the disease in poultry is a common goal. The basics of AIV biology, clinical disease, molecular aspects, and AIV detection are briefly reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Exotic and Emerging Avian Viral Diseases Unit, Southeast Poultry Research Laboratory, US Department of Agriculture, ARS, 934 College Station Rd., Athens, GA, 30605, USA, Erica.spackman@ars.usda.gov.
authors.forename: Erica
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Spackman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001717:Birds / Q000821:virology*; D058507:Host Specificity; D009980:Influenza A virus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology*; D008967:Molecular Biology