Evidence that Life History Characteristics of Wild Birds Influence Infection and Exposure to Influenza A Viruses

• Published in: PLoS ONE
• Main Authors: Ely, Craig R., Hall, Jeffrey S., Schmutz, Joel A., Pearce, John M., Terenzi, John, Sedinger, James S., Ip, Hon S.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science 2013
• Subjects: Research Article; Bering Sea; Brant; Yukon; Branta bernicla; Kuskokwim; Alaska
• Online Access: 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

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...