Influenza A Virus Infections in Land Birds, People’s Republic of China

Water birds are considered the reservoir for avian influenza viruses. We examined this assumption by sampling and real-time reverse transcription–PCR testing of 939 Asian land birds of 153 species. Influenza A infection was found, particularly among migratory species. Surveillance programs for monit...

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Autores principales: Peterson, A. Townsend, Bush, Sarah E., Spackman, Erica, Swayne, David E., Ip, Hon S.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2008
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2609895/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18826836
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1410.080169
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Sumario:Water birds are considered the reservoir for avian influenza viruses. We examined this assumption by sampling and real-time reverse transcription–PCR testing of 939 Asian land birds of 153 species. Influenza A infection was found, particularly among migratory species. Surveillance programs for monitoring spread of these viruses need to be redesigned.

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