Influenza-A viruses in ducks in northwestern Minnesota: fine scale spatial and temporal variation in prevalence and subtype diversity.

Influenza-A viruses in ducks in northwestern Minnesota: fine scale spatial and temporal variation in prevalence and subtype diversity.

Waterfowl from northwestern Minnesota were sampled by cloacal swabbing for Avian Influenza Virus (AIV) from July-October in 2007 and 2008. AIV was detected in 222 (9.1%) of 2,441 ducks in 2007 and in 438 (17.9%) of 2,452 ducks in 2008. Prevalence of AIV peaked in late summer. We detected 27 AIV subt...

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Main Authors: Benjamin R Wilcox, Gregory A Knutsen, James Berdeen, Virginia Goekjian, Rebecca Poulson, Sagar Goyal, Srinand Sreevatsan, Carol Cardona, Roy D Berghaus, David E Swayne, Michael J Yabsley, David E Stallknecht
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3172203?pdf=render

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