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Movements of birds and avian influenza from Asia into Alaska

K. Winker, K. McCracken, D. Gibson, C. Pruett, R. Meier, F. Huettmann, M. Wege, I. Kulikova, Y. Zhuravlev, M. Perdue, E. Spackman, D. Suarez, D. Swayne,
2021

Asian-origin avian influenza (AI) viruses are spread in part by migratory birds. In Alaska, diverse avian hosts from Asia and the Americas overlap in a region of intercontinental avifaunal mixing. This region is hypothesized to be a zone of Asia-to-America virus transfer because birds there can mingle in waters contaminated by wild-bird-origin AI viruses. Our 7 years of AI virus surveillance among waterfowl and shorebirds in this region (1998-2004; 8,254 samples) showed remarkably low infection rates (0.06%). Our findings suggest an Arctic effect on viral ecology, caused perhaps by low ecosystem productivity and low host densities relative to available water. Combined with a synthesis of avian diversity and abundance, intercontinental host movements, and genetic analyses, our results suggest that the risk and probably the frequency of intercontinental virus transfer in this region are relatively low.

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Об авторах
  • K. Winker
    University of Alaska Museum, Fairbanks, AK, United States
  • K. McCracken
    Institute of Arctic Biology, Fairbanks, AK, United States
  • D. Gibson
    Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge, Bethel, AK, United States
  • C. Pruett
    Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, Russian Federation
  • R. Meier
    World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
  • F. Huettmann
    United States Department of Agriculture, Athens, GA, United States
  • M. Wege
    University of Alaska Museum, 907 Yukon Dr, Fairbanks, AK 99775, United States
  • I. Kulikova
  • Y. Zhuravlev
  • M. Perdue
  • E. Spackman
  • D. Suarez
  • D. Swayne
Название журнала
  • Emerging Infectious Diseases
Том
  • 13
Выпуск
  • 4
Страницы
  • 547-552
Ключевые слова
  • article; Asia; avian influenza; bird; controlled study; ecosystem; infection risk; Influenza virus; nonhuman; United States; virus isolation
Издатель
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Тип документа
  • journal article
Тип лицензии Creative Commons
  • CC
Правовой статус документа
  • Свободная лицензия
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  • scopus