Ecological characterization of 175 low-pathogenicity avian influenza viruses isolated from wild birds in Mongolia, 2009-2013 and 2016-2018.
Ariunbaatar BarkhasbaatarMartin GilbertAmanda E FineEnkhtuvshin ShiilegdambaBatchuluun DamdinjavBayarbaatar BuuveibaatarBodisaikhan KhishgeeChristine K JohnsonConnie Y H LeungAnkhanbaatar UlaankhuuDulam PurevtserenJames M TuttleJonna A K MazetJoseph S Malik PeirisLosolmaa JambalMunkhduuren ShatarTuvshintugs SukhbaatarSarah Helen OlsonPublished in: Veterinary medicine and science (2023)
Mongolia's critical wild bird habitat is positioned as a crossroad of multiple migratory flyways. Our work demonstrates the feasibility of using an affordable environmental fecal sampling approach for AI surveillance and contributes to understanding the prevalence and ecology of low-pathogenicity avian influenza viruses in this important location, where birds from multiple flyways mix.