Wild Bird Influenza Survey, Canada, 2005.(Dispatches)(Survey)

Emerging Infectious Diseases | January 1, 2008| | Copyright

Of 4,268 wild ducks sampled in Canada in 2005, realtime reverse transcriptase-PCR detected influenza A matrix protein (M1) gene sequence in 37% and H5 gene sequence in 5%. Mallards accounted for 61% of samples, 73% of Ml-positive ducks, and 90% of H5-positive ducks. Ducks hatched in 2005 accounted for 80% of the sample.

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To provide baseline information about the strains and distribution of influenza viruses in Canadian wild ducks and to respond to the emergence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) type H5N1 in Asia, Europe, and Africa, ...

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