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Volume 20, Number 1—January 2014
Dispatch

Epidemiology of Influenza A Virus among Black-headed Gulls, the Netherlands, 2006–2010

Josanne H. Verhagen, Frank Majoor, Pascal Lexmond, Oanh Vuong, Giny Kasemir, Date Lutterop, Albert D.M.E. Osterhaus, Ron A.M. Fouchier, and Thijs KuikenComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (J.H. Verhagen, P. Lexmond, O. Vuong, A.D.M.E. Osterhaus, R.A.M. Fouchier, T. Kuiken); Sovon Dutch Centre for Field Ornithology, Nijmegen, the Netherlands (F. Majoor); Natuurmonumenten Dutch Association for Nature Conservation and Management, 's-Graveland, the Netherlands (G. Kasemir, D. Lutterop)

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Table 1

Number of black-headed gulls sampled per month for detection of avian influenza virus among 7,511 black-headed gulls, the Netherlands, 2006–2010*

No. sampled
Y, Age Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2006
FY 0 0 0 0 6 365 0 0 0 11 74 70
AFY 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 7 90 138
2007
FY 96 28 1 0 0 167 37 0 1 6 100 73
AFY 72 39 0 1 34 2 0 1 1 4 153 275
2008
FY 11 32 33 0 1 632 290 0 0 4 47 108
AFY 37 61 75 0 33 9 42 0 1 5 68 160
2009
FY 169 43 0 0 0 295 383 0 0 0 45 57
AFY 740 172 3 0 31 82 55 0 0 0 56 288
2010
FY 60 52 2 0 0 212 451 3 0 2 33 39
AFY
 232
 135
 11
 0
 45
 128
 61
 7
 1
 4
 40
 71
*FY, gulls in their first year of life, comprising nestling and fledgling stages; AFY, after first year.

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