id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-335441-bj3me7p8 Jourdain, Elsa Influenza Virus in a Natural Host, the Mallard: Experimental Infection Data 2010-01-28 .txt text/plain 6354 311 52 Five of the six ducks excreted viral RNA in their feces on the first day post-inoculation (PI) and all samples (feces, cloacal and oral swabs) from all birds were positive on the second day PI (Figures 4 and S1 ). Intermittent and moderate (high ct-values) viral RNA shedding was detected for all birds in water, fecal or cloacal samples between day 1 and 7 after H7N7 re-inoculation ( Figure 4 ). Active H5 infection was confirmed only in one duck, by expression of H5-specific antibodies and detection of viral RNA in the various sample types (feces, water, oral and cloacal swabs) with a pattern similar to the H5-inoculated control bird. Eight 3-month-old male wild-type mallards (Anas platyrhynchos) of approximately the same body mass and size (measurement of the left wing, the right tarsus length and the distance from bill tip to back of the skull) were selected from a Swedish duck farm known from previous successive sampling to be free from IAV infection. ./cache/cord-335441-bj3me7p8.txt ./txt/cord-335441-bj3me7p8.txt