title: The Genetic Diversity of Influenza A Viruses in Wild Birds in Peru.
abstract: Our understanding of the global ecology of avian influenza A viruses (AIVs) is impeded by historically low levels of viral surveillance in Latin America. Through sampling and whole-genome sequencing of 31 AIVs from wild birds in Peru, we identified 10 HA subtypes (H1-H4, H6-H7, H10-H13) and 8 NA subtypes (N1-N3, N5-N9). The majority of Peruvian AIVs were closely related to AIVs found in North America. However, unusual reassortants, including a H13 virus containing a PA segment related to extremely divergent Argentinian viruses, suggest that substantial AIV diversity circulates undetected throughout South America.
authors.affiliation: Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America.
authors.forename: Martha I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Nelson
authors.affiliation: Virology and Emerging Infections Department, United States Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6, Callao, Peru.|Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.|Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America.
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pollett
authors.affiliation: Virology and Emerging Infections Department, United States Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6, Callao, Peru.
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ghersi
authors.affiliation: Virology and Emerging Infections Department, United States Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6, Callao, Peru.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.affiliation: Virology and Emerging Infections Department, United States Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6, Callao, Peru.
authors.forename: Mark P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Simons
authors.affiliation: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, School of Veterinary Medicine, San Borja, Lima, Peru.
authors.forename: Eliana
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Icochea
authors.affiliation: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, School of Veterinary Medicine, San Borja, Lima, Peru.
authors.forename: Armando E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Gonzalez
authors.affiliation: Virology and Emerging Infections Department, United States Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6, Callao, Peru.
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Segovia
authors.affiliation: Virology and Emerging Infections Department, United States Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6, Callao, Peru.
authors.forename: Matthew R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Kasper
authors.affiliation: Virology and Emerging Infections Department, United States Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6, Callao, Peru.
authors.forename: Joel M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Montgomery
authors.affiliation: Virology and Emerging Infections Department, United States Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6, Callao, Peru.|Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America.
authors.forename: Daniel G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Bausch
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001717:Birds; D009980:Influenza A virus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D005585:Influenza in Birds / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D010568:Peru; D010802:Phylogeny; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic