Influenza A virus: sampling of the unique shorebird habitat at Delaware Bay, USA

Influenza A virus: sampling of the unique shorebird habitat at Delaware Bay, USA

Delaware (DE) Bay, in the northeastern USA, has long been recognized as a hotspot for avian influenza A virus (IAV); every spring, this coastal region serves as a brief stopover site for thousands of long-distance migrating shorebirds, en route to breeding grounds in the Arctic. During these stopove...

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Main Authors: Rebecca L. Poulson, Page M. Luttrell, Morgan J. Slusher, Benjamin R. Wilcox, Lawrence J. Niles, Amanda D. Dey, Roy D. Berghaus, Scott Krauss, Robert G. Webster, David E. Stallknecht
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 2017-01-01
Series:Royal Society Open Science
Subjects:
influenza a virus
environment
delaware bay
avian influenza
shorebirds
Online Access:https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsos.171420

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