Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jan 2008)
Wild Bird Influenza Survey, Canada, 2005
- E. Jane Parmley,
- Nathalie Bastien,
- Timothy F. Booth,
- Victoria Bowes,
- Peter A. Buck,
- Andre Breault,
- Dale Caswell,
- Pierre-Yves Daoust,
- J. Chris Davies,
- Seyyed Mehdy Elahi,
- Madeleine Fortin,
- Fred Kibenge,
- Robin King,
- Yan Li,
- Norman North,
- Davor Ojkic,
- John Pasick,
- Sydney Paul Pryor,
- John Robinson,
- Jean Rodrigue,
- Hugh Whitney,
- Patrick Zimmer,
- Frederick A. Leighton
Affiliations
- E. Jane Parmley
- Nathalie Bastien
- Timothy F. Booth
- Victoria Bowes
- Peter A. Buck
- Andre Breault
- Dale Caswell
- Pierre-Yves Daoust
- J. Chris Davies
- Seyyed Mehdy Elahi
- Madeleine Fortin
- Fred Kibenge
- Robin King
- Yan Li
- Norman North
- Davor Ojkic
- John Pasick
- Sydney Paul Pryor
- John Robinson
- Jean Rodrigue
- Hugh Whitney
- Patrick Zimmer
- Frederick A. Leighton
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1401.061562
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 14,
no. 1
pp. 84 – 87
Abstract
Of 4,268 wild ducks sampled in Canada in 2005, real-time reverse transcriptase–PCR detected influenza A matrix protein (M1) gene sequence in 37% and H5 gene sequence in 5%. Mallards accounted for 61% of samples, 73% of M1-positive ducks, and 90% of H5-positive ducks. Ducks hatched in 2005 accounted for 80% of the sample.
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