microorganisms Communication Biological Properties and Genetic Characterization of Novel Low Pathogenic H7N3 Avian Influenza Viruses Isolated from Mallard Ducks in the Caspian Region, Dagestan, Russia Marina Gulyaeva 1,2,* , Maria Alessandra De Marco 3, Ganna Kovalenko 4, Eric Bortz 4 , Tatiana Murashkina 1, Kseniya Yurchenko 1 , Marzia Facchini 5, Mauro Delogu 6, Ivan Sobolev 1, Alimurad Gadzhiev 7, Kirill Sharshov 1 and Alexander Shestopalov 1 1 Federal State Budget Scientific Institution, Federal Research Center of Fundamental and Translational Medicine, 630117 Novosibirsk, Russia;
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[email protected]; Tel.: +7-(952)-913-65-13 Gadzhiev, A.; et al. Biological Properties and Genetic Abstract: Avian influenza viruses (AIVs) are maintained in wild bird reservoirs, particularly in Characterization of Novel Low mallard ducks and other waterfowl.