Improved detection of influenza A virus from blue‐winged teals by sequencing directly from swab material

Abstract The greatest diversity of influenza A virus (IAV) is found in wild aquatic birds of the orders Anseriformes and Charadriiformes. In these birds, IAV replication occurs mostly in the intestinal tract. Fecal, cloacal, and/or tracheal swabs are typically collected and tested by real‐time RT‐PC...

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Main Authors: Lucas M. Ferreri, Lucia Ortiz, Ginger Geiger, Gonzalo P. Barriga, Rebecca Poulson, Ana Silvia Gonzalez‐Reiche, Jo Anne Crum, David Stallknecht, David Moran, Celia Cordon‐Rosales, Daniela Rajao, Daniel R. Perez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-06-01
Series:Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5232