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SUBMITTER: Wille M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6101617 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wille Michelle M Latorre-Margalef Neus N Tolf Conny C Halpin Rebecca R Wentworth David D Fouchier Ron A M RAM Raghwani Jayna J Pybus Oliver G OG Olsen Björn B Waldenström Jonas J
Virus evolution 20180701 2
Influenza A virus (IAV) is ubiquitous in waterfowl. In the northern hemisphere IAV prevalence is highest during the autumn and coincides with a peak in viral subtype diversity. Although haemagglutinin subtypes H1-H12 are associated with waterfowl hosts, subtypes H8-H12 are detected very infrequently. To better understand the role of waterfowl in the maintenance of these rare subtypes, we sequenced H8-H12 viruses isolated from Mallards (<i>Anas platyrhynchos</i>) from 2002 to 2009. These rare vir ...[more]