Publications

molecular analysis of the hemagglutinin genes of australian h7n7 influenza viruses: role of passerine birds in maintenance or transmission?	in 1985 a fowl plague-like disease occurred in chickens in lockwood, victoria, australia and caused high mortality. an h7n7 influenza virus was isolated from the chickens (a/chicken/victoria/1/85); additionally, an antigenically similar virus was isolated from starlings (a/starling/victoria/5156/85) and serological evidence of h7n7 virus infection was found in sparrows. antigenic analysis with monoclonal antibodies to h7, oligonucleotide mapping of total vrna, and sequence analysis of the ha gen ...	1987	3660587
the pathogenicity of an avian influenza virus isolated in victoria.	an influenza virus (h7n7) isolated from an outbreak of disease in chickens in victoria, was examined for its ability to cause disease in inoculated chickens, turkeys and ducks. the virus was highly pathogenic in chickens and turkeys but produced no clinical disease in ducks. transmission of infection occurred from inoculated chickens to those in direct contact but other chickens separated by a distance of 3m directly downwind developed neither clinical disease nor antibody to the virus.	1986	3800804