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SUBMITTER: van Gils JA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1773019 | biostudies-literature | 2007
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
PloS one 20070131 1
It is increasingly acknowledged that migratory birds, notably waterfowl, play a critical role in the maintenance and spread of influenza A viruses. In order to elucidate the epidemiology of influenza A viruses in their natural hosts, a better understanding of the pathological effects in these hosts is required. Here we report on the feeding and migratory performance of wild migratory Bewick's swans (Cygnus columbianus bewickii Yarrell) naturally infected with low-pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI ...[more]