Search Results - "Burger, Christina E."

The Ecology of Influenza A Viruses in Wild Birds in Southern Africa by Cumming, Graeme S., Caron, Alexandre, Abolnik, Celia, Cattoli, Giovanni, Bruinzeel, Leo W., Burger, Christina E., Cecchettin, Krizia, Chiweshe, Ngoni, Mochotlhoane, Bontsi, Mutumi, Gregory L., Ndlovu, Mduduzi

“…Avian influenza viruses (AIVs) are pathogens of global concern, but there has been little previous research on avian influenza in southern Africa and almost…”
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Phylogenetic Analysis of Influenza A Viruses (H6N8, H1N8, H4N2, H9N2, H10N7) Isolated from Wild Birds, Ducks, and Ostriches in South Africa from 2007 to 2009 by Abolnik, Celia, Gerdes, Gertruida H, Sinclair, Marna, Ganzevoort, Boto W, Kitching, James P, Burger, Christina E, Romito, Marco, Dreyer, Magdeline, Swanepoel, Stefan, Cumming, Graeme S, Olivier, Adriaan J

“…Influenza A strains emerging from wild birds are a constant threat to South Africa's valuable ostrich industry. In 2004 and again in 2006, low pathogenicity…”
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Persistence of Low Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus in Waterfowl in a Southern African Ecosystem by Caron, Alexandre, Abolnik, Celia, Mundava, Josephine, Gaidet, Nicolas, Burger, Christina E., Mochotlhoane, Bontsi, Bruinzeel, Leo, Chiweshe, Ngoni, de Garine-Wichatitsky, Michel, Cumming, Graeme S.

“…Waterfowl were counted and sampled in a Zimbabwean wetland over 24 months. LPAI strains were detected during 20 consecutive months, providing evidence of…”
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Antibody Response and Viral Shedding Profile of Egyptian Geese (Alopochen aegyptiacus) Infected with Low Pathogenicity H7N1 and H6N8 Avian Influenza Viruses by Burger, Christina E, Abolnik, Celia, Fosgate, Geoffrey T

“…Egyptian geese (Alopochen aegypticus), a duck species endemic to sub-Saharan Africa and occasionally implicated in the transmission of avian influenza viruses…”
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