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Article Dans Une Revue Journal of wildlife diseases Année : 2007

Influenza A virus in birds during spring migration in the Camargue, France.

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Wild aquatic birds are considered to be the natural reservoir for influenza A viruses, and previous studies have focused mainly on species in the orders Anseriformes and Charadriiformes. In this study, we surveyed a larger spectrum of potential hosts belonging to 10 avian orders. Cloacal swabs (n=1,044) from 72 free-living bird species, were analysed by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction for the presence of avian influenza virus. Only two Mediterranean Gulls (Larus melanocephalus) tested positive; one of these viruses was identified as an H9N2 subtype. The absence of infection among passerine birds supports the idea that the prevalence of avian influenza virus infection in terrestrial species is low.

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Virologie

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pasteur-00379972 , version 1 (29-04-2009)

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Camille Lebarbenchon, Chung-Ming Chang, Sylvie van Der Werf, Jean-Thierry Aubin, Yves Kayser, et al.. Influenza A virus in birds during spring migration in the Camargue, France.. Journal of wildlife diseases, 2007, 43 (4), pp.789-93. ⟨10.7589/0090-3558-43.4.789⟩. ⟨pasteur-00379972⟩
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