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Isolation of type A influenza viruses from Red-necked Grebes (Podiceps grisegena)
Camille Lebarbenchon1, Benjamin R Wilcox, Rebecca L Poulson
11 Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study, Department of Population Health, 589 D. W. Brooks Drive, Wildlife Health Building, College of Veterinary Medicine, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602-4393, USA.
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.
