Isolation of avian influenza viruses from two different transhemispheric migratory shorebird species in Australia

Title: Isolation of avian influenza viruses from two different transhemispheric migratory shorebird species in Australia
Creator: Hurt, A. C.; Hansbro, Philip Michael; Selleck, P.; Olsen, B.; Minton, C.; Hampson, A. W.; Barr, I. G.
Relation: Archives of Virology Vol. 151, Issue 11, p. 2301-2309
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00705-006-0784-1
Publisher: Springer
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2006
Description: Shorebirds on their southerly migration from Siberia to Australia, may pass through Asian regions currently experiencing outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N1 influenza. To test for the presence of avian influenza viruses in migratory shorebirds arriving in Australia during spring 2004, 173 cloacal swabs were collected from six species. Ten swabs were positive for influenza A, with H4N8 viruses detected in five red-necked stints and H11N9 viruses detected in five sharp-tailed sandpipers. No H5N1 viruses were detected. All isolated viruses were non-pathogenic in domestic chickens. These results further demonstrate the potential for migratory shorebirds to carry and potentially spread influenza viruses.
Subject: avian influenza virus; transhemispheric; migratory; shorebirds; cloacal
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/26941
Identifier: uon:1241
Identifier: ISSN:0304-8608
Language: eng
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