Influenza A virus: sampling of the unique shorebird habitat at Delaware Bay, USA
Delaware (DE) Bay, in the northeastern USA, has long been recognized as a hotspot for avian influenza A virus (IAV); every spring, this coastal region serves as a brief stopover site for thousands of long-distance migrating shorebirds, en route to breeding grounds in the Arctic. During these stopove...
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crroyalsociety:10.1098/rsos.171420 2024-09-15T17:54:39+00:00 Influenza A virus: sampling of the unique shorebird habitat at Delaware Bay, USA Poulson, Rebecca L. Luttrell, Page M. Slusher, Morgan J. Wilcox, Benjamin R. Niles, Lawrence J. Dey, Amanda D. Berghaus, Roy D. Krauss, Scott Webster, Robert G. Stallknecht, David E. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases 2017 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.171420 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsos.171420 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full-xml/10.1098/rsos.171420 en eng The Royal Society https://royalsociety.org/journals/ethics-policies/data-sharing-mining/ Royal Society Open Science volume 4, issue 11, page 171420 ISSN 2054-5703 journal-article 2017 crroyalsociety https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.171420 2024-08-12T04:27:43Z Delaware (DE) Bay, in the northeastern USA, has long been recognized as a hotspot for avian influenza A virus (IAV); every spring, this coastal region serves as a brief stopover site for thousands of long-distance migrating shorebirds, en route to breeding grounds in the Arctic. During these stopovers, IAV has been consistently recovered from ruddy turnstones ( Arenaria interpres ) that are likely to become infected as they feed by probing sand and cobble in search of food. In May 2010–2012, we successfully isolated 19 IAV from environmental samples (sand, n = 18; horseshoe crab eggs, n = 1) obtained from DE Bay sites. Two of these viruses were subjected to laboratory conditions similar to those in the DE Bay spring-time environment, and remained infectious for 7 days. Here, through the recovery of IAV from environmental samples, temperature monitoring at and below the sand surface and simulated laboratory trials, we provide evidence that the beach environment may enable localized transmission and short-term maintenance of IAV in this unique ecosystem. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arenaria interpres The Royal Society Royal Society Open Science 4 11 171420 |
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Delaware (DE) Bay, in the northeastern USA, has long been recognized as a hotspot for avian influenza A virus (IAV); every spring, this coastal region serves as a brief stopover site for thousands of long-distance migrating shorebirds, en route to breeding grounds in the Arctic. During these stopovers, IAV has been consistently recovered from ruddy turnstones ( Arenaria interpres ) that are likely to become infected as they feed by probing sand and cobble in search of food. In May 2010–2012, we successfully isolated 19 IAV from environmental samples (sand, n = 18; horseshoe crab eggs, n = 1) obtained from DE Bay sites. Two of these viruses were subjected to laboratory conditions similar to those in the DE Bay spring-time environment, and remained infectious for 7 days. Here, through the recovery of IAV from environmental samples, temperature monitoring at and below the sand surface and simulated laboratory trials, we provide evidence that the beach environment may enable localized transmission and short-term maintenance of IAV in this unique ecosystem. |
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Poulson, Rebecca L. Luttrell, Page M. Slusher, Morgan J. Wilcox, Benjamin R. Niles, Lawrence J. Dey, Amanda D. Berghaus, Roy D. Krauss, Scott Webster, Robert G. Stallknecht, David E. |
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Poulson, Rebecca L. Luttrell, Page M. Slusher, Morgan J. Wilcox, Benjamin R. Niles, Lawrence J. Dey, Amanda D. Berghaus, Roy D. Krauss, Scott Webster, Robert G. Stallknecht, David E. Influenza A virus: sampling of the unique shorebird habitat at Delaware Bay, USA |
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Poulson, Rebecca L. Luttrell, Page M. Slusher, Morgan J. Wilcox, Benjamin R. Niles, Lawrence J. Dey, Amanda D. Berghaus, Roy D. Krauss, Scott Webster, Robert G. Stallknecht, David E. |
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Influenza A virus: sampling of the unique shorebird habitat at Delaware Bay, USA |
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Influenza A virus: sampling of the unique shorebird habitat at Delaware Bay, USA |
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Influenza A virus: sampling of the unique shorebird habitat at Delaware Bay, USA |
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