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J Wildl Dis. 2014 Nov 7. [Epub ahead of print]
Isolation of Type A Influenza Viruses from Red-necked Grebes (Podiceps grisegena).
Lebarbenchon C1, Wilcox BR, Poulson RL, Slusher MJ, Fedorova NB, Katzel DA, Cardona CJ, Knutsen GA, Wentworth DE, Stallknecht DE.
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Abstract
Abstract Six type-A low pathogenic influenza viruses from 14 Red-necked Grebes (Podiceps grisegena) from Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge were sequenced. The grebe viruses were closely related to North American duck viruses. The genetic and temporal subtype consistency between the duck and grebe isolates suggest spillover events, potentially enhanced by feather eating.
KEYWORDS:
Avian influenza; Red-necked Grebe; feathers; grebes; influenza A virus
PMID:
25380358
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25380358
Isolation of Type A Influenza Viruses from Red-necked Grebes (Podiceps grisegena).
Lebarbenchon C1, Wilcox BR, Poulson RL, Slusher MJ, Fedorova NB, Katzel DA, Cardona CJ, Knutsen GA, Wentworth DE, Stallknecht DE.
Author information
Abstract
Abstract Six type-A low pathogenic influenza viruses from 14 Red-necked Grebes (Podiceps grisegena) from Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge were sequenced. The grebe viruses were closely related to North American duck viruses. The genetic and temporal subtype consistency between the duck and grebe isolates suggest spillover events, potentially enhanced by feather eating.
KEYWORDS:
Avian influenza; Red-necked Grebe; feathers; grebes; influenza A virus
PMID:
25380358
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25380358