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SUBMITTER: Karmacharya D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4503746 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Karmacharya Dibesh D Manandhar Sulochana S Sharma Ajay A Bhatta Tarka T Adhikari Pratikshya P Sherchan Adarsh Man AM Shrestha Bishwo B Bista Manisha M Rajbhandari Rajesh R Oberoi Mohinder M Bisht Khadak K Hero Jean-Marc JM Dissanayake Ravi R Dhakal Maheshwar M Hughes Jane J Debnath Nitish N
PloS one 20150715 7
Nepal boarders India and China and all three countries lie within the Central Asian Flyway for migratory birds. Novel influenza A H7N9 caused human fatalities in China in 2013. Subclinical infections of influenza A H7N9 in birds and the potential for virus dispersal by migratory birds prompted this study to assess avian H7N9 viral intrusion into Nepal. Surveillance of influenza A virus in migratory birds was implemented in early 2014 with assistance from the Food and Agricultural Organization (F ...[more]