| detection and characterization of avian influenza and other avian paramyxoviruses from wild waterfowl in parts of the southeastern united states. | cloacal swabs were taken from migratory hunter-killed, nonmigratory, nesting waterfowl and migratory shorebirds from wildlife refuges in alabama, georgia, and florida during 2006 to 2008. samples were processed in embryonated eggs followed by hemagglutination (ha), directigen, and real-time reverse transcription-pcr tests. sequence analysis of the hemagglutinin (h) gene of the h10n7 alabama isolate revealed that it was closely related (98%) to recent isolates from delaware and canada, but only 9 ... | 2009 | 19276434 |