Publications

Journal of wildlife diseases. 2015-01-01; 51.1: 290-3.

Isolation of type A influenza viruses from Red-necked Grebes (Podiceps grisegena)

Lebarbenchon C, Wilcox BR, Poulson RL, Slusher MJ, Fedorova NB, Katzel DA, Cardona CJ, Knutsen GA, Wentworth DE, Stallknecht DE

PMID: 25380358

Abstract

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.

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