Prevalence of influenza A virus in live-captured North Atlantic gray seals: a possible wild reservoir

Influenza A virus (IAV) has been associated with multiple unusual mortality events (UMEs) in North Atlantic pinnipeds, frequently attributed to spillover of virus from wild-bird reservoirs. To determine if endemic infection persists outside of UMEs, we undertook a multiyear investigation of IAV in h...

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Published in:	Emerging Microbes and Infections
Main Authors:	Wendy Blay Puryear, Mandy Keogh, Nichola Hill, Jerry Moxley, Elizabeth Josephson, Kimberly Ryan Davis, Chistopher Bandoro, Damian Lidgard, Andrea Bogomolni, Milton Levin, Shelley Lang, Michael Hammill, Don Bowen, David W Johnston, Tracy Romano, Gordon Waring, Jonathan Runstadler
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Taylor & Francis Group 2016-01-01
Subjects:	gray seal Halichoerus grypus influenza pinniped reservoir telemetry
Online Access:	https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1038/emi.2016.77