Avian influenza virus (H11N9) in migratory shorebirds wintering in the Amazon region, Brazil

Aquatic birds are the natural reservoir for avian influenza viruses (AIV). Habitats in Brazil provide stopover and wintering sites for water birds that migrate between North and South America. The current study was conducted to elucidate the possibility of the transport of influenza A viruses by bir...

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Published in:PLoS ONE
Main Authors: De Araujo, Jansen, de Azevedo Junior, Séverino M., Gaidet, Nicolas, Hurtado, Renata, Walker, David, Seixas, Marina M.M., Rodrigues, Roberta B., Galindo, Daniele B., da Silva, Adriana C.S., Rodrigues, Arlinéa M.M., Bomfim, Leonardo L., Mota, Marcelo A., Larrazabal, Maria E., Branco, Joaquim O., Serafini, Patrícia, Neto, Isaac Simão, Franks, John, Webby, Richard J., Webster, Robert G., Durigon, Edison Luiz
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2014
Subjects:
L73 - Maladies des animaux
L20 - Écologie animale
U30 - Méthodes de recherche
Influenzavirus aviaire
Oiseau aquatique
Migration animale
Transmission des maladies
PCR
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_9017
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_8331
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_32926
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_2329
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_34079
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_1070
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_32372
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_5219
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_7253
Arenaria interpres
Ruddy Turnstone
Online Access:http://agritrop.cirad.fr/574597/
http://agritrop.cirad.fr/574597/1/document_574597.pdf
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0110141
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Summary:Aquatic birds are the natural reservoir for avian influenza viruses (AIV). Habitats in Brazil provide stopover and wintering sites for water birds that migrate between North and South America. The current study was conducted to elucidate the possibility of the transport of influenza A viruses by birds that migrate annually between the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. In total, 556 orotracheal/cloacal swab samples were collected for influenza A virus screening using real-time RT-PCR (rRT-PCR). The influenza A virus-positive samples were subjected to viral isolation. Four samples were positive for the influenza A matrix gene by rRT-PCR. From these samples, three viruses were isolated, sequenced and characterized. All positive samples originated from a single bird species, the ruddy turnstone (Arenaria interpres), that was caught in the Amazon region at Caeté Bay, Northeast Pará, at Ilha de Canelas. To our knowledge, this is the first isolation of H11N9 in the ruddy turnstone in South America.

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