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SUBMITTER: Numberger D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6519785 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Numberger Daniela D Dreier Carola C Vullioud Colin C Gabriel Gülsah G Greenwood Alex D AD Grossart Hans-Peter HP
PloS one 20190515 5
Influenza A viruses (IAV) are zoonotic pathogens relevant to human, domestic animal and wildlife health. Many avian IAVs are transmitted among waterfowl via a faecal-oral-route. Therefore, environmental water where waterfowl congregate may play an important role in the ecology and epidemiology of avian IAV. Water and sediment may sustain and transmit virus among individuals or species. It is unclear at what concentrations waterborne viruses are infectious or remain detectable. To address this, w ...[more]