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Volume 11, Number 10—October 2005
Research

Mallards and Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Ancestral Viruses, Northern Europe

Vincent J. Munster*, Anders Wallensten†‡, Chantal Baas*, Guus F. Rimmelzwaan*, Martin Schutten*, Björn Olsen§¶, Albert D.M.E. Osterhaus*, and Ron A.M. Fouchier*Comments to Author 
Author affiliations: *Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; †Smedby Health Center, Kalmar, Sweden; ‡Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden; §Umea University, Umea, Sweden; ¶Kalmar University, Kalmar, Sweden

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Figure 1

Main fall migration route of wild waterfowl in northern Europe (31). The sample locations Öland (Sweden) and Lekkerkerk and Krimpen a/d Lek (the Netherlands) are marked with asterisks.

Figure 1. Main fall migration route of wild waterfowl in northern Europe (31). The sample locations Öland (Sweden) and Lekkerkerk and Krimpen a/d Lek (the Netherlands) are marked with asterisks.

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