Wild Bird Influenza Survey, Canada, 2005

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Parmley, E. Jane ; Bastien, Nathalie ; Booth, Timothy F. ; Bowes, Victoria ; Buck, Peter A. ; Breault, Andre ; Caswell, Dale ; Daoust, Pierre-Yves ; Davies, J. Chris ; Elahi, Seyyed Mehdy ; Fortin, Madeleine ; Kibenge, Fred ; King, Robin ; Li, Yan ; North, Norman ; Ojkic, Davor ; Pasick, John ; Pryor, Sydney Paul ; Robinson, John ; Rodrigue, Jean ; Whitney, Hugh ; Zimmer, Patrick ; Leighton, Frederick A.
• Description:
  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.
• Subjects:
  Animals Animals, Wild Carrier State Ducks Influenza A Virus Influenza A Virus, H5N1 Subtype Influenza In Birds Prevalence Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction Sentinel Surveillance
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 14(1):84-87.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Canada
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  14
• Issue:
  1
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:24abcd94f88d99fb4d0406c5a49427eed923a8b2986de33749e922c9efb05ac0
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/16654/cdc_16654_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 225.47 KB ]