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SUBMITTER: Lebarbenchon C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4440776 | biostudies-literature | 2015 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lebarbenchon Camille C Jaeger Audrey A Feare Chris C Bastien Matthieu M Dietrich Muriel M Larose Christine C Lagadec Erwan E Rocamora Gérard G Shah Nirmal N Pascalis Hervé H Boulinier Thierry T Le Corre Matthieu M Stallknecht David E DE Dellagi Koussay K
PLoS pathogens 20150521 5
Ducks and seabirds are natural hosts for influenza A viruses (IAV). On oceanic islands, the ecology of IAV could be affected by the relative diversity, abundance and density of seabirds and ducks. Seabirds are the most abundant and widespread avifauna in the Western Indian Ocean and, in this region, oceanic islands represent major breeding sites for a large diversity of potential IAV host species. Based on serological assays, we assessed the host range of IAV and the virus subtype diversity in t ...[more]