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Volume 12, Number 11—November 2006
Research

Susceptibility of North American Ducks and Gulls to H5N1 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Viruses

Justin D. Brown*Comments to Author , David E. Stallknecht*, Joan R. Beck†, David L. Suarez†, and David E. Swayne†
Author affiliations: *College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA; †Southeast Poultry Research Laboratory, Athens, Georgia, USA

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Table 3

Serology data from 5 duck species and laughing gulls inoculated with 2 different H5N1 HPAI viruses*

Virus/host AGP serology
HI serology
Prechallenge, no. positive/total Postchallenge, no. positive/total Prechallenge, no. positive/total (GMT†) Postchallenge, no. positive/total (GMT†)
Mongolia/05
BWT 0/3 3/3 0/3 3/3 (13)
RD 0/3 3/3 0/3 3/3 (26)
WD 0/3 1/1 1/3 (8) 1/1 (128)
MD 0/3 0/3 0/3 1/3 (64)
NP 0/3 0/3 0/3 0/3
LG 0/3 1/1 1/3 (8) 1/1 (64)
Anyang/01
BWT 0/3 0/3 0/3 3/3 (10)
RD 0/3 1/3 0/3 3/3 (20)
WD 0/3 2/2 0/3 2/2 (64)
MD 0/3 0/3 0/3 2/3 (16)
NP 0/3 0/3 0/3 2/3 (8)
LG 0/3 1/1 0/3 1/1 (32)

*HPAI, highly pathogenic avian influenza virus; AGP, agar gel precipitin; HI, hemagglutinationinhibition; BWT, blue-winged teal; RD, redhead; WD, wood duck; MD, mallard; NP, northern pintail; LG, laughing gull; Anyang/01, A/Duck Meat/Anyang/01; Mongolia/05, A/Whooper Swan/Mongolia/244/05.
†GMT, geometric mean titer.

*HPAI, highly pathogenic avian influenza virus; AGP, agar gel precipitin; HI, hemagglutinationinhibition; BWT, blue-winged teal; RD, redhead; WD, wood duck; MD, mallard; NP, northern pintail; LG, laughing gull; Anyang/01, A/Duck Meat/Anyang/01; Mongolia/05, A/Whooper Swan/Mongolia/244/05.
†GMT, geometric mean titer.

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