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Evidence for the Introduction, Reassortment, and Persistence of Diverse Influenza A Viruses in Antarctica.
Journal of virology - 1 Nov 2016
Hurt Aeron C, Su Yvonne C F, Aban Malet, Peck Heidi, Lau Hilda, Baas Chantal, Deng Yi-Mo, Spirason Natalie, Ellström Patrik, Hernandez Jorge, Olsen Bjorn, Barr Ian G, Vijaykrishna Dhanasekaran, Gonzalez-Acuna Daniel
Abstract excerpt
Avian influenza virus (AIV) surveillance in Antarctica during 2013 revealed the prevalence of evolutionarily distinct influenza viruses of the H11N2 subtype in Adélie penguins. Here we present results from the continued surveillance of AIV on the Antarctic Peninsula during 2014 and 2015. In addition to the continued detection of H11 subtype viruses in a snowy sheathbill during 2014, we isolated a novel H5N5...
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