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Lack of persistence of influenza virus genetic information in ducks
1Department of Virology/Molecular Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee.
Archives of Virology
|January 1, 1990
Abstract:
Clearance of infectious virus and RNA occurred concurrently after oral infection of ducks with influenza virus. There was no evidence from polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis of the hemagglutinin (HA) gene for persistence of viral genetic information. No detectable RNA was found in the spleen indicating processing of antigen near the site of replication.