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dc.contributor.authorTønnessen, Ragnhild
dc.contributor.authorGermundsson, Anna
dc.contributor.authorJonassen, Christine M.
dc.contributor.authorHaugen, Irene
dc.contributor.authorBerg, Kristin
dc.contributor.authorBarrett, Robert T.
dc.contributor.authorRimstad, Espen
dc.date.accessioned2012-03-27T13:11:55Z
dc.date.available2012-03-27T13:11:55Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractThe epidemiology of avian influenza viruses (AIVs) in gulls is only partially known. The role of the world's most numerous gull species, the black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla), as a potential AIV reservoir species has been unclear. The prevalence of AIV and humoral response against AIV were therefore studied in a colony of apparently healthy black-legged kittiwakes breeding in a nesting cliff in the South West Barents Region of Norway (70°22' N, 31°10' E), in 2008 and 2009. AIVs were detected from the oropharynx and cloaca in low amounts, with prevalences of 15% and 5%, in 2008 and 2009, respectively. Direct, partial sequencing of the hemagglutinin (HA) gene revealed that the H4 subtype was present. In 2009, antibodies to influenza A virus were detected in sera from 57 of 80 adult birds. In contrast, none of the three-week-old chicks (n = 18) tested seropositive. Hemagglutination inhibition (HI) assays demonstrated that the adult kittiwakes primarily had antibodies specific to the gull-associated H13 and H16 subtypes, with antibodies to H16 being most common. These results support that the highly pelagic black-legged kittiwake is a reservoir of AIV. The serological findings suggest that H16 might be the main AIV subtype in the black-legged kittiwake. Further studies are needed to understand the ecology of AIV in the black-legged kittiwake and in gulls in general.en
dc.identifier.citationVirology Journal (2011) 8:21en
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 827088
dc.identifier.doidoi: 10.1186/1743-422X-8-21
dc.identifier.issn1743-422X
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/4082
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:no-uit_munin_3802
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisherBioMed Centralen
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccess
dc.subjectVDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Basic medical, dental and veterinary science disciplines: 710::Medical microbiology: 715en
dc.subjectVDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Basale medisinske, odontologiske og veterinærmedisinske fag: 710::Medisinsk mikrobiologi: 715en
dc.subjectVDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Basic medical, dental and veterinary science disciplines: 710::Medical immunology: 716en
dc.subjectVDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Basale medisinske, odontologiske og veterinærmedisinske fag: 710::Medisinsk immunologi: 716en
dc.titleVirological and serological surveillance for type A influenza in the black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)en
dc.typeJournal articleen
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