Movements of Birds and Avian Influenza from Asia into Alaska

Movements of Birds and Avian Influenza from Asia into Alaska

Asian-origin avian influenza (AI) viruses are spread in part by migratory birds. In Alaska, diverse avian hosts from Asia and the Americas overlap in a region of intercontinental avifaunal mixing. This region is hypothesized to be a zone of Asia-to-America virus transfer because birds there can ming...

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Main Authors: Kevin Winker, Kevin G. McCracken, Daniel D. Gibson, Christin L. Pruett, Rose Meier, Falk Huettmann, Michael Wege, Irina V. Kulikova, Yuri N. Zhuravlev, Michael L. Perdue, Erica Spackman, David L. Suarez, David E. Swayne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2007-04-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
avian influenza
migratory birds
influenza in birds
Asia
North America
research
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/13/4/06-1072_article

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