Coincident ruddy turnstone migration and horseshoe crab spawning creates an ecological 'hot spot' for influenza viruses

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1699, 2010, Pages 3373-3379

  Krauss, Scott ^a   Stallknecht, David E ^b   Negovetich, Nicholas J ^a   Niles, Lawrence J ^c   Webby, Richard J ^a   Webster, Robert G ^a  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c Conserve Wildlife Foundation ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Avian influenza virus; Charadriiform; Delaware Bay; Migratory birds; Ruddy turnstone; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CRAB; DISEASE SEVERITY; EGG; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; HOT SPOT; INFLUENZA; MIGRATORY POPULATION; SAMPLING; SURVEILLANCE AND ENFORCEMENT; WADER;

DELAWARE BAY; UNITED STATES;

ARENARIA INTERPRES; AVES; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; CHARADRIIFORMES; LARIDAE; LIMULUS; LIMULUS POLYPHEMUS; MEROSTOMATA; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 78149270056     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.1090     Document Type: Review

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