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The “human influenza receptor” Neu5Acα2,6Gal is expressed among different taxa of wild birds

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Acknowledgments

This work was sponsored by the Framework 6 grant “NewFluBird” from the European Union, The Carl Trygger Foundation, the Swedish Research Council FORMAS (2006-297), The Swedish Research Council (2007-2774) and the French Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale. Birds were provided by Ottenby Bird Observatory, Malmö and Göteborg rehabilitation centers, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Guldfågeln AS and the Swedish Hunters’ Association. This is contribution no. 232 from Ottenby Bird Observatory.

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  1. Department of Medical Sciences, Clinical Bacteriology, University of Uppsala and Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden

    Patrik Ellström

  2. Section for Zoonotic Ecology and Epidemiology, School of Pure and Applied Natural Sciences, University of Kalmar, Kalmar, Sweden

    Patrik Ellström, Elsa Jourdain, Oskar Gunnarsson, Jonas Waldenström & Björn Olsen

  3. Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), UR 346, 63122, Saint Genès Champanelle, France

    Elsa Jourdain

  4. Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden

    Jonas Waldenström & Björn Olsen

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Ellström, P., Jourdain, E., Gunnarsson, O. et al. The “human influenza receptor” Neu5Acα2,6Gal is expressed among different taxa of wild birds. Arch Virol 154, 1533–1537 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-009-0476-8

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