Evaluation of seabirds in newfoundland and labrador, Canada, as hosts of influenza A viruses

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 98-103

  Wille, Michelle ^a,f   Huang, Yanyan ^a   Robertson, Gregory J ^b   Ryan, Pierre ^b   Wilhelm, Sabina I ^b   Fifield, David ^b   Bond, Alexander L ^a   Granter, Alissa ^a   Munro, Hannah ^a   Buxton, Rachel ^a   Jones, Ian L ^a   Fitzsimmons, Michelle G ^a   Burke, Chantelle ^a   McFarlane Tranquilla, Laura ^a   Rector, Megan ^a   Takahashi, Linda ^a   Kouwenberg, Amy Lee ^a   Storey, Anne ^a   Walsh, Carolyn ^a   Hedd, April ^a   Montevecchi, William A ^a   Runstadler, Jonathan A ^c   Ojkic, Davor ^d   Whitney, Hugh ^e   Lang, Andrew S ^a   more..

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^e Newfoundland Department of Natural Resources   (Canada)

^f LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Common murre; Guillemot; Influenza A virus; Murre; Seabirds; Serology; Uria sp.

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; BIRD; CANADA; CHARADRIIFORMES; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEMALE; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PREVALENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CHARADRIIFORMES; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEMALE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; MALE; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; PREVALENCE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84892404527     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/2012-10-247     Document Type: Article

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