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- Title
Multiple gene segment reassortment between Eurasian and American lineages of influenza A virus (H6N2) in Guillemot ( Uria aalge).
- Authors
Wallensten, A.; Munster, V. J.; Elmberg, J.; Osterhaus, A. D. M. E.; Fouchier, R. A. M.; Olsen, B.
- Abstract
Guillemots banded in the northern Baltic Sea were screened for influenza A virus (IAV). Three out of 26 sampled birds tested positive by RT-PCR. Two of these were characterized as subtype H6N2. Phylogenetic analyses showed that five gene segments belonged to the American avian lineage of IAVs, whereas three gene segments belonged to the Eurasian lineage. Our findings indicate that avian IAVs may have a taxonomically wider reservoir spectrum than previously known and we present the first report of a chimeric avian IAV with genes of American and Eurasian origin in Europe.
- Subjects
BALTIC Sea; INFLUENZA viruses; ORTHOMYXOVIRUSES; VIRUS diseases; MURRES; COMMON murre
- Publication
Archives of Virology, 2005, Vol 150, Issue 8, p1685
- ISSN
0304-8608
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00705-005-0543-8