Association between number of wild birds sampled for identification of H5N1 avian influenza virus and incidence of the disease in the European Union

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Volumn 55, Issue 9-10, 2008, Pages 393-403

  Martinez, M ^a   Perez, A M ^b,c   De La Torre, A ^a   Iglesias, I ^a   Munoz M J ^a  

^a Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas   (Spain)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias UNR ^*  (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; Co kriging; Europe; Highly pathogenic avian influenza; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; BIRD; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EUROPE; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PATHOGENICITY; VIROLOGY; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BIRDS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EUROPE; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; MALE;

AVES; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE;

EID: 55349124008     PISSN: 18651674     EISSN: 18651682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1865-1682.2008.01046.x     Document Type: Article

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