Risk of introduction of H5N1 HPAI from Europe to Spain by wild water birds in autumn

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 86-98

  Martinez, M ^a   Munoz M J ^a   De La Torre, A ^a   Iglesias, I ^a   Peris, S ^b   Infante, O ^c   Sanchez Vizcaino, J M ^d  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^c Sociedad Española de Ornitología/BirdLife ^*  (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Avian influenza; Birds; Poultry; Risk assessment; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; BIRD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; FEMALE; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; MALE; PATHOGENICITY; POPULATION MIGRATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; SPAIN; VIROLOGY; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BIRDS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EUROPE; FEMALE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SPAIN;

AVES;

EID: 61849115316     PISSN: 18651674     EISSN: 18651682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1865-1682.2008.01062.x     Document Type: Article

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