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Emergence of influenza A virus variants after prolonged shedding from pheasants.
Journal of virology - 1 Apr 2007
Humberd Jennifer, Boyd Kelli, Webster Robert G
Abstract excerpt
We previously demonstrated the susceptibility of pheasants to infection with influenza A viruses of 15 hemagglutinin (HA) subtypes: 13/23 viruses tested were isolated for >or=14 days, all in the presence of serum-neutralizing antibodies; one virus (H10) was shed for 45 days postinfection. Here we confirmed that 20% of pheasants shed low-pathogenic influenza viruses for prolonged periods. We aimed to determine why...
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