Research data from National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease update understanding of influenza epidemiology

Researchers detail in 'Effect of preservative on recoverable RT-PCR amplicon length from influenza A virus in bird feces,' new data in influenza. According to a study from the United States, "Surveillance for avian influenza A viruses in wild bird populations is often limited by requirements for a cold chain from time of specimen collection, by availability of ultra-low temperature specimen storage within a few hours or days, and by laborious classical virologic procedures. Successful storage of specimens in preservatives at ambient temperature and subsequent detection of RNA by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) would assist in helping influenza surveillance efforts...

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