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Fecal influenza in mammals: selection of novel variants.
Journal of virology - 1 Nov 2013
Koçer Zeynep A, Obenauer John, Zaraket Hassan, Zhang Jinghui, Rehg Jerold E, Russell Charles J, Webster Robert G
Abstract excerpt
In aquatic birds, influenza A viruses mainly replicate in the intestinal tract without significantly affecting the health of the host, but in mammals, they replicate in the respiratory tract and often cause disease. Occasionally, influenza viruses have been detected in stool samples of hospitalized patients and in rectal swabs of naturally or experimentally infected mammals. In this study, we compared the...
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