Wild bird movements and avian influenza risk mapping in Southern Africa

Ecology and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Cumming, Graeme S ^a   Hockey, Philip A R ^a   Bruinzeel, Leo W ^a   Du Plessis, Morne A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Anatidae; Avian influenza; Botswana; Ducks; Influenza; Lanscape ecology; Namibia; Pathogen; South Africa; Virus; Waterfowl; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

AVIAN INFLUENZA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; HEALTH RISK; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MAPPING; RISK FACTOR; WADER; WILD POPULATION;

AFRICA; BOTSWANA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ANAS; ANATIDAE; AVES; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE;

EID: 58749086070     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-02536-130226     Document Type: Article

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