Isolation of type A influenza viruses from Red-necked Grebes (Podiceps grisegena).
Six type-A low pathogenic influenza viruses from 14 Red-necked Grebes (Podiceps grisegena) from Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge were sequenced. The grebe viruses were closely related to North American duck viruses. The genetic and temporal subtype consistency between the duck and grebe isolates suggest spillover events, potentially enhanced by feather eating.
1 Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study, Department of Population Health, 589 D. W. Brooks Drive, Wildlife Health Building, College of Veterinary Medicine, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602-4393, USA.
Camille
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Lebarbenchon
Benjamin R
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Wilcox
Rebecca L
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Poulson
Morgan J
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Slusher
Nadia B
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Fedorova
Dan A
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Katzel
Carol J
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Cardona
Greggory A
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Knutsen
David E
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Wentworth
David E
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Stallknecht
D000818:Animals; D001717:Birds; D009980:Influenza A virus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005585:Influenza in Birds / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D008910:Minnesota / Q000453:epidemiology; D010802:Phylogeny; D014740:Vidarabine
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