| avian influenza virus ecology in iceland shorebirds: intercontinental reassortment and movement. | shorebirds are a primary reservoir of avian influenza viruses (aiv). we conducted surveillance studies in iceland shorebird populations for 3 years, documenting high serological evidence of aiv exposure in shorebirds, primarily in ruddy turnstones (arenaria interpres; seroprevalence=75%). however, little evidence of virus infection was found in these shorebird populations and only two turnstone aivs (h2n7; h5n1) were able to be phylogenetically examined. these analyses showed that viruses from i ... | 2014 | 25239729 |