Surveillance has revealed low prevalence of avian influenza viruses (AIV) in shorebirds except Ruddy Turnstones (Arenaria interpres) on the North American Atlantic coast. Similarly, of five species of shorebirds surveyed in Alaska in 2010, Ruddy Turnstones had the highest AIV antibody prevalence; prevalence of AIV RNA was low or zero.
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1 July 2012
Paired Serologic and Polymerase Chain Reaction Analyses of Avian Influenza Prevalence in Alaskan Shorebirds
John M. Pearce,
Daniel R. Ruthrauff,
Jeffrey S. Hall
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Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Vol. 48 • No. 3
July 2012
Vol. 48 • No. 3
July 2012