Prevalence of influenza A virus in live-captured North Atlantic gray seals: a possible wild reservoir

Influenza A virus (IAV) has been associated with multiple unusual mortality events (UMEs) in North Atlantic pinnipeds, frequently attributed to spillover of virus from wild-bird reservoirs. To determine if endemic infection persists outside of UMEs, we undertook a multiyear investigation of IAV in h...

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Main Authors: Keogh, Mandy, Moxley, Jerry, Josephson, Elizabeth, Lidgard, Damian, Bogomolni, Andrea, Levin, Milton, Lang, Shelley, Hammill, Michael, Bowen, Don, Johnston, David W, Romano, Tracy, Waring, Gordon, Puryear, Wendy, Hill, Nichola, Davis, Kimberly Ryan, Bandoro, Christopher, Runstadler, Jonathan
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biological Engineering
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Springer 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/106881
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3213-6693
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5367-3298
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7615-4220
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6747-7765