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Prevalence of influenza A virus in live-captured North Atlantic gray seals: a possible wild reservoir

Wendy Blay PuryearMassachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA02139, USA
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Mandy KeoghMystic Aquarium, Mystic, CT06355, USA
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Nichola HillMassachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA02139, USA
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Jerry MoxleyDuke University, Beaufort, NC28516, USA
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Elizabeth JosephsonNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Woods Hole, MA02543, USA
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Kimberly Ryan DavisMassachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA02139, USA
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Chistopher BandoroMassachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA02139, USA
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Damian LidgardDalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, CanadaB3H 1C2
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Andrea BogomolniWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA02543, USA
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Milton LevinUniversity of Connecticut, Storrs, CT06268, USA
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Shelley LangDepartment of Fisheries and Oceans, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, CanadaB2Y 4A2
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Michael HammillDepartment of Fisheries and Oceans, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, CanadaB2Y 4A2
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Don BowenDepartment of Fisheries and Oceans, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, CanadaB2Y 4A2
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David W JohnstonDuke University, Beaufort, NC28516, USA
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Tracy RomanoMystic Aquarium, Mystic, CT06355, USA
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Gordon WaringNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Woods Hole, MA02543, USA
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Jonathan RunstadlerMassachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA02139, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 1-9 | Received 01 Feb 2016, Accepted 16 May 2016, Published online: 25 Jan 2019

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