Evidence that Life History Characteristics of Wild Birds Influence Infection and Exposure to Influenza A Viruses
We report on life history characteristics, temporal, and age-related effects influencing the frequency of occurrence of avian influenza (AI) viruses in four species of migratory geese breeding on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska. Emperor geese (Chen canagica), cackling geese (Branta hutchinsii), gr...
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ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:3587647 2023-05-15T15:43:57+02:00 Evidence that Life History Characteristics of Wild Birds Influence Infection and Exposure to Influenza A Viruses Ely, Craig R. Hall, Jeffrey S. Schmutz, Joel A. Pearce, John M. Terenzi, John Sedinger, James S. Ip, Hon S. 2013-03-04 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3587647 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23469210 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0057614 en eng Public Library of Science http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3587647 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23469210 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0057614 This is an open-access article, free of all copyright, and may be freely reproduced, distributed, transmitted, modified, built upon, or otherwise used by anyone for any lawful purpose. The work is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 public domain dedication. PDM CC0 Research Article Text 2013 ftpubmed https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0057614 2013-09-04T20:37:37Z We report on life history characteristics, temporal, and age-related effects influencing the frequency of occurrence of avian influenza (AI) viruses in four species of migratory geese breeding on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska. Emperor geese (Chen canagica), cackling geese (Branta hutchinsii), greater white-fronted geese (Anser albifrons), and black brant (Branta bernicla), were all tested for active infection of AI viruses upon arrival in early May, during nesting in June, and while molting in July and August, 2006–2010 (n = 14,323). Additionally, prior exposure to AI viruses was assessed via prevalence of antibodies from sera samples collected during late summer in 2009 and 2010. Results suggest that geese are uncommonly infected by low pathogenic AI viruses while in Alaska. The percent of birds actively shedding AI viruses varied annually, and was highest in 2006 and 2010 (1–3%) and lowest in 2007, 2008, and 2009 (<0.70%). Contrary to findings in ducks, the highest incidence of infected birds was in late spring when birds first arrived from staging and wintering areas. Despite low prevalence, most geese were previously exposed to AI viruses, as indicated by high levels of seroprevalence during late summer (47%–96% across species; n = 541). Seroprevalence was >95% for emperor geese, a species that spends part of its life cycle in Asia and is endemic to Alaska and the Bering Sea region, compared to 40–60% for the other three species, whose entire life cycles are within the western hemisphere. Birds <45 days of age showed little past exposure to AI viruses, although antibodies were detected in samples from 5-week old birds in 2009. Seroprevalence of known age black brant revealed that no birds <4 years old had seroconverted, compared to 49% of birds ≥4 years of age. Text Bering Sea Branta bernicla Kuskokwim Alaska Yukon PubMed Central (PMC) Bering Sea Brant ENVELOPE(7.105,7.105,62.917,62.917) Yukon PLoS ONE 8 3 e57614 |
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We report on life history characteristics, temporal, and age-related effects influencing the frequency of occurrence of avian influenza (AI) viruses in four species of migratory geese breeding on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska. Emperor geese (Chen canagica), cackling geese (Branta hutchinsii), greater white-fronted geese (Anser albifrons), and black brant (Branta bernicla), were all tested for active infection of AI viruses upon arrival in early May, during nesting in June, and while molting in July and August, 2006–2010 (n = 14,323). Additionally, prior exposure to AI viruses was assessed via prevalence of antibodies from sera samples collected during late summer in 2009 and 2010. Results suggest that geese are uncommonly infected by low pathogenic AI viruses while in Alaska. The percent of birds actively shedding AI viruses varied annually, and was highest in 2006 and 2010 (1–3%) and lowest in 2007, 2008, and 2009 (<0.70%). Contrary to findings in ducks, the highest incidence of infected birds was in late spring when birds first arrived from staging and wintering areas. Despite low prevalence, most geese were previously exposed to AI viruses, as indicated by high levels of seroprevalence during late summer (47%–96% across species; n = 541). Seroprevalence was >95% for emperor geese, a species that spends part of its life cycle in Asia and is endemic to Alaska and the Bering Sea region, compared to 40–60% for the other three species, whose entire life cycles are within the western hemisphere. Birds <45 days of age showed little past exposure to AI viruses, although antibodies were detected in samples from 5-week old birds in 2009. Seroprevalence of known age black brant revealed that no birds <4 years old had seroconverted, compared to 49% of birds ≥4 years of age. |
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Evidence that Life History Characteristics of Wild Birds Influence Infection and Exposure to Influenza A Viruses |
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Evidence that Life History Characteristics of Wild Birds Influence Infection and Exposure to Influenza A Viruses |
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Evidence that Life History Characteristics of Wild Birds Influence Infection and Exposure to Influenza A Viruses |
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Evidence that Life History Characteristics of Wild Birds Influence Infection and Exposure to Influenza A Viruses |
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