The space-time clustering of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 outbreaks in Bangladesh

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 138, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 843-852

  Ahmed, S S U ^a,b   Ersboll A K ^a   Biswas, P K ^b   Christensen, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Chittagong Government Veterinary College   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Clustering; Epidemiology; H5N1 avian influenza; Subdistricts

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BANGLADESH; EPIDEMIC; POULTRY;

ANIMALS; BANGLADESH; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; POULTRY;

EID: 77952525227     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268810000178     Document Type: Article

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