title: Avian influenza viruses in wild birds: a moving target.
abstract: The long-standing evolutionary and ecological relationships between wild birds and influenza A viruses has created a broad pool of viral genetic diversity and a reservoir of potentially transmissible viruses. An understanding of these relationships can help us identify and modify critical control points to reduce transmission of avian influenza viruses into animal and human populations.
authors.affiliation: Wildlife Health Center, School of Veterinary Medicine, One Shields Avenue, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA. wmboyce@ucdavis.edu
authors.forename: Walter M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Boyce
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sandrock
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kreuder-Johnson
authors.forename: Terra
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kelly
authors.forename: Carol
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cardona
mesh_terms: D025041:Animal Migration; D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic / Q000821:virology; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000821:virology*; D001717:Birds; D004197:Disease Reservoirs / Q000821:virology*; D017753:Ecosystem; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D006801:Humans; D009980:Influenza A virus / Q000502:physiology*; D005585:Influenza in Birds / Q000635:transmission / Q000821:virology*; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000635:transmission / Q000821:virology; D013045:Species Specificity