| virological evaluation of avian influenza virus persistence in natural and anthropic ecosystems of western siberia (novosibirsk region, summer 2012). | wild aquatic birds, reservoir of low-pathogenicity (lp) avian influenza viruses (aivs), congregate in huge numbers in western siberia wetlands, where major intra- and inter-continental bird flyways overlap. in 2005 and 2006, highly pathogenic (hp) aiv h5n1 epizootics affected wild and domestic birds in the novosibirsk region. in 2012, we evaluated aiv persistence in siberian natural and anthropic ecosystems. | 2014 | 24972026 |