Avian influenza infections in non-migratant land birds in Andean Peru
Authors
Williams, RichardSegovia-Hinostroza, Karen
Ghersi, Bruno M.
Gonzaga, Victor
Peterson, A. Townsend
Montgomery, Joel M.
Affiliation
Biodiversity Institute, 1345 Jayhawk Blvd., University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USADepartamento de Zoologı´a y Antropologıa Fısica, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, C/Jose Antonio Novais, 2 Ciudad Universitaria, 28040 Madrid, Spain
Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria de Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Av. Circunvalacion Cdra. 28 San Borja, Lima, Peru
United States Naval Medical Research Center Detachment, Unit 6, Av. Venezuela Cdra. 36, Callao 2, Lima, Peru
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2012-06-13
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As part of ongoing surveillance for avian influenza viruses (AIV) in Peruvian birds, in June 2008, we sampled 600 land birds of 177 species, using real-time reverse-transcription PCR. We addressed the assumption that AIV prevalence is low or nil among land birds, a hypothesis that was not supported by the results—rather, we found AIV infections at relatively high prevalences in birds of the orders Apodiformes (hummingbirds) and Passeriformes (songbirds). Surveillance programs for monitoring spread and identification of AIV should thus not focus solely on water birds.Citation
Williams, R.A.J., Segovia-Hinostroza, K., Ghersi, B. M., Gonzaga, V., Peterson, A. T., & Montgomery, J. M. (2012) Avian influenza infections in nonmigrant land birds in Andean Peru'. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 48(4), pp. 910-917. DOI: 10.7589/2011-02-052Publisher
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Journal of Wildlife DiseasesDOI
10.7589/2011-02-052Additional Links
http://www.jwildlifedis.org/doi/10.7589/2011-02-052https://www.researchgate.net/publication/232236670_Avian_Influenza_infections_in_nonmigrant_land_birds_in_Andean_Peru
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0090-3558ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.7589/2011-02-052
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