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Infectious Offspring: How Birds Acquire and Transmit an Avian Polyomavirus in the Wild
Detailed patterns of primary virus acquisition and subsequent dispersal in wild vertebrate populations are virtually absent. We show that nestlings of a songbird acquire polyomavirus infections from larval blowflies, common nest ectoparasites of cavity-nesting birds, while breeding adults acquire an...
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| Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2007
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2093992/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18060070 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0001276 |