Respiratory tract versus cloacal sampling of migratory ducks for influenza A viruses: Are both ends relevant?

Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 93-96

  Krauss, Scott ^a   Pryor, Sydney Paul ^b   Raven, Garnet ^b   Danner, Angela ^a   Kayali, Ghazi ^a   Webby, Richard J ^a   Webster, Robert G ^a  

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

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Avian influenza virus; Cloaca; Migratory ducks; Oropharyngeal; Respiratory tract; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLOACA; CLOACA SWAB; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DUCK; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROAT CULTURE; VIRUS ISOLATION;

ALBERTA; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CANADA; CLOACA; DUCKS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; OROPHARYNX; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 84871390841     PISSN: 17502640     EISSN: 17502659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-2659.2012.00359.x     Document Type: Article

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