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| Pinto,LB; Ometto,T; Araújo,J; Thomazelli,LM; Seixas,MM; Barbosa,CM; Ramos,DGS; Melo,ALT; Pinho,JB; Durigon,EL; Aguiar,DM. |
| ABSTRACT The Pantanal is the world's largest wetland biome with a seasonal flood pulse that attracts a great diversity of birds, many of which are migratory. Birds can be natural reservoirs Influenza A, West Nile and Newcastle Disease viruses. However, the occurrence of carriers for these viruses in the Pantanal was not verified yet. The present study evaluated the occurrence of natural infection by Influenza A, WN and ND virus of birds in the municipality of Poconé, a subregion of the Pantanal in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. A total of 76 birds belonging to 11 orders and 20 families were captured using mist nets. The most representative order was Passeriformes, followed by the other nine orders, which included Columbiformes, Psittaciformes,... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Pantanal birds; Infectious Diseases; RT-PCR; QRT-PCR; Virus. |
| Ano: 2016 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-635X2016000200291 |
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