TY - JOUR AU - Peterson, A. Townsend AU - Bush, Sarah E. AU - Spackman, Erica AU - Swayne, David E. AU - Ip, Hon S. T1 - Influenza A Virus Infections in Land Birds, People’s Republic of China T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2008 VL - 14 IS - 10 SP - 1644 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Water birds are considered the reservoir for avian influenza viruses. We examined this assumption by sampling and real-time reverse transcription–PCR testing of 939 Asian land birds of 153 species. Influenza A infection was found, particularly among migratory species. Surveillance programs for monitoring spread of these viruses need to be redesigned. KW - Avian influenza KW - land birds KW - prevalence KW - China KW - dispatch DO - 10.3201/eid1410.080169 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/14/10/08-0169_article ER - End of Reference