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Infected or not: are PCR-positive oropharyngeal swabs indicative of low pathogenic influenza A virus infection in the respiratory tract of Mallard Anas platyrhynchos?

Detection of influenza virus in oropharyngeal swabs collected during wild bird surveillance is assumed to represent respiratory infection, although intestine is the main site of infection. We tested this assumption by histological examination of the respiratory tract of wild Mallards with virus-posi...

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Autores principales: Wille, Michelle, van Run, Peter, Waldenström, Jonas, Kuiken, Thijs
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4046040/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24885647
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1297-9716-45-53