• Evidence of avian influenza virus inseabirds breeding on a Norwegian high-Arctic archipelago 

      Lee, Megan Marie; Jaspers, Veerle L.B.; Gabrielsen, W. Geir; Munro Jenssen, Bjørn; Ciesielski, Tomasz Maciej; Mortensen, Åse-Karen; Lundgren, Silje Strand; Waugh, Courtney A. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Wild aquatic birds serve as the natural reservoir for avian influenza virus (AIV), a disease with significant implications for avian and mammalian health. Climate change is predicted to impact the dynamics of AIV, particularly ...
    • No evidence of avian influenza antibodies in two species of raptor nestlings inhabiting Norway 

      Lee, Megan Marie; Jaspers, Veerle; Løseth, Mari Engvig; Briels, Nathalie; Nygård, Torgeir; Bustnes, Jan Ove; Waugh, Courtney (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Background: Since 2016, incursions of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAIV) H5N8 clade 2.3.4.4b have caused unprecedented clinical signs and mortality in white-tailed eagles (WTE; Haliaeetus albicilla) across ...