High prevalence of influenza A virus in ducks caught during spring migration through Sweden

Vaccine

Volumn 24, Issue 44-46, 2006, Pages 6734-6735

  Wallensten, Anders ^a,b   Munster, Vincent J ^c   Karlsson, Malin ^d   Lundkvist, Åke ^d   Brytting, Mia ^d   Stervander, Martin ^e   Osterhaus, Albert D M E ^c   Fouchier, Ron A M ^c   Olsen, Björn ^f,g  

^a Unit of Research and Development in Local Health Care   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^e Ottenby Bird Observatory   (Sweden)

^f UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^g LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Avian influenza A virus; Prevalence; Wild birds

Indexed keywords

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; DUCK; FECES ANALYSIS; INFECTION RATE; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING TEST; SPRING; SWEDEN; TADORNA TADORNA; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DUCKS; FECES; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; SWEDEN;

EID: 33846229721     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2006.05.057     Document Type: Article

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