Avian Influenza Ecology in North Atlantic Sea Ducks: Not All Ducks Are Created Equal
Wild waterfowl are primary reservoirs of avian influenza viruses (AIV). However the role of sea ducks in the ecology of avian influenza, and how that role differs from freshwater ducks, has not been examined. We obtained and analyzed sera from North Atlantic sea ducks and determined the seroprevalen...
Published in: | PLOS ONE |
---|---|
Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , , , |
Format: | Text |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Public Library of Science
2015
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4683078/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26677841 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0144524 |
id |
ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:4683078 |
---|---|
record_format |
openpolar |
spelling |
ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:4683078 2023-05-15T17:27:43+02:00 Avian Influenza Ecology in North Atlantic Sea Ducks: Not All Ducks Are Created Equal Hall, Jeffrey S. Russell, Robin E. Franson, J. Christian Soos, Catherine Dusek, Robert J. Allen, R. Bradford Nashold, Sean W. TeSlaa, Joshua L. Jónsson, Jón Eínar Ballard, Jennifer R. Harms, Naomi Jane Brown, Justin D. 2015-12-17 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4683078/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26677841 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0144524 en eng Public Library of Science http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4683078/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26677841 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0144524 https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ 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 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) public domain dedication CC0 PDM Research Article Text 2015 ftpubmed https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0144524 2016-01-03T01:31:07Z Wild waterfowl are primary reservoirs of avian influenza viruses (AIV). However the role of sea ducks in the ecology of avian influenza, and how that role differs from freshwater ducks, has not been examined. We obtained and analyzed sera from North Atlantic sea ducks and determined the seroprevalence in those populations. We also tested swab samples from North Atlantic sea ducks for the presence of AIV. We found relatively high serological prevalence (61%) in these sea duck populations but low virus prevalence (0.3%). Using these data we estimated that an antibody half-life of 141 weeks (3.2 years) would be required to attain these prevalences. These findings are much different than what is known in freshwater waterfowl and have implications for surveillance efforts, AIV in marine environments, and the roles of sea ducks and other long-lived waterfowl in avian influenza ecology. Text North Atlantic PubMed Central (PMC) PLOS ONE 10 12 e0144524 |
institution |
Open Polar |
collection |
PubMed Central (PMC) |
op_collection_id |
ftpubmed |
language |
English |
topic |
Research Article |
spellingShingle |
Research Article Hall, Jeffrey S. Russell, Robin E. Franson, J. Christian Soos, Catherine Dusek, Robert J. Allen, R. Bradford Nashold, Sean W. TeSlaa, Joshua L. Jónsson, Jón Eínar Ballard, Jennifer R. Harms, Naomi Jane Brown, Justin D. Avian Influenza Ecology in North Atlantic Sea Ducks: Not All Ducks Are Created Equal |
topic_facet |
Research Article |
description |
Wild waterfowl are primary reservoirs of avian influenza viruses (AIV). However the role of sea ducks in the ecology of avian influenza, and how that role differs from freshwater ducks, has not been examined. We obtained and analyzed sera from North Atlantic sea ducks and determined the seroprevalence in those populations. We also tested swab samples from North Atlantic sea ducks for the presence of AIV. We found relatively high serological prevalence (61%) in these sea duck populations but low virus prevalence (0.3%). Using these data we estimated that an antibody half-life of 141 weeks (3.2 years) would be required to attain these prevalences. These findings are much different than what is known in freshwater waterfowl and have implications for surveillance efforts, AIV in marine environments, and the roles of sea ducks and other long-lived waterfowl in avian influenza ecology. |
format |
Text |
author |
Hall, Jeffrey S. Russell, Robin E. Franson, J. Christian Soos, Catherine Dusek, Robert J. Allen, R. Bradford Nashold, Sean W. TeSlaa, Joshua L. Jónsson, Jón Eínar Ballard, Jennifer R. Harms, Naomi Jane Brown, Justin D. |
author_facet |
Hall, Jeffrey S. Russell, Robin E. Franson, J. Christian Soos, Catherine Dusek, Robert J. Allen, R. Bradford Nashold, Sean W. TeSlaa, Joshua L. Jónsson, Jón Eínar Ballard, Jennifer R. Harms, Naomi Jane Brown, Justin D. |
author_sort |
Hall, Jeffrey S. |
title |
Avian Influenza Ecology in North Atlantic Sea Ducks: Not All Ducks Are Created Equal |
title_short |
Avian Influenza Ecology in North Atlantic Sea Ducks: Not All Ducks Are Created Equal |
title_full |
Avian Influenza Ecology in North Atlantic Sea Ducks: Not All Ducks Are Created Equal |
title_fullStr |
Avian Influenza Ecology in North Atlantic Sea Ducks: Not All Ducks Are Created Equal |
title_full_unstemmed |
Avian Influenza Ecology in North Atlantic Sea Ducks: Not All Ducks Are Created Equal |
title_sort |
avian influenza ecology in north atlantic sea ducks: not all ducks are created equal |
publisher |
Public Library of Science |
publishDate |
2015 |
url |
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4683078/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26677841 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0144524 |
genre |
North Atlantic |
genre_facet |
North Atlantic |
op_relation |
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4683078/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26677841 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0144524 |
op_rights |
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ 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 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) public domain dedication |
op_rightsnorm |
CC0 PDM |
op_doi |
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0144524 |
container_title |
PLOS ONE |
container_volume |
10 |
container_issue |
12 |
container_start_page |
e0144524 |
_version_ |
1766119999289688064 |