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Infected or not: are PCR-positive oropharyngeal swabs indicative of low pathogenic influenza A virus infection in the respiratory tract of Mallard Anas platyrhynchos?

Detection of influenza virus in oropharyngeal swabs collected during wild bird surveillance is assumed to represent respiratory infection, although intestine is the main site of infection. We tested this assumption by histological examination of the respiratory tract of wild Mallards with virus-posi...

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Main Authors: Wille, Michelle, van Run, Peter, Waldenström, Jonas, Kuiken, Thijs
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2014
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4046040/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24885647
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1297-9716-45-53
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