title: Wild bird influenza survey, Canada, 2005.
abstract: Of 4,268 wild ducks sampled in Canada in 2005, real-time reverse transcriptase-PCR detected influenza A matrix protein (M1) gene sequence in 37% and H5 gene sequence in 5%. Mallards accounted for 61% of samples, 73% of M1-positive ducks, and 90% of H5-positive ducks. Ducks hatched in 2005 accounted for 80% of the sample.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Coastal Health, 900 5th Street, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada. parmleyj@mala.bc.ca
authors.forename: E Jane
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Parmley
authors.forename: Nathalie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bastien
authors.forename: Timothy F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Booth
authors.forename: Victoria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bowes
authors.forename: Peter A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Buck
authors.forename: Andre
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Breault
authors.forename: Dale
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Caswell
authors.forename: Pierre-Yves
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Daoust
authors.forename: J Chris
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Davies
authors.forename: Seyyed Mehdy
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Elahi
authors.forename: Madeleine
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fortin
authors.forename: Fred
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kibenge
authors.forename: Robin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: King
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Norman
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: North
authors.forename: Davor
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ojkic
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pasick
authors.forename: Sydney Paul
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Pryor
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Robinson
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rodrigue
authors.forename: Hugh
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Whitney
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zimmer
authors.forename: Frederick A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Leighton
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000821:virology*; D002170:Canada / Q000453:epidemiology; D002353:Carrier State / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004372:Ducks / Q000821:virology*; D053124:Influenza A Virus, H5N1 Subtype / Q000235:genetics; D009980:Influenza A virus / Q000145:classification*; D005585:Influenza in Birds / Q000145:classification / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D018571:Sentinel Surveillance