Victims and vectors: Highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 and the ecology of wild birds

Avian Biology Research

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 51-73

  Takekawa, John Y ^a   Prosser, Diann J ^b   Newman, Scott H ^c   Muzaffar, Sabir Bin ^a,d   Hill, Nichola J ^a   Yan, Baoping ^e   Xiao, Xiangming ^f   Lei, Fumin ^g   Li, Tianxian ^h   Schwarzbach, Steven E ⁱ   Howell, Judd A ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

^d UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^e China)   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^g INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^h WUHAN INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (China)

ⁱ U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatidae; Central Asian flyway; Host ecology; Satellite telemetry; Waterfowl

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; DUCKS AND GEESE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EPIDEMIC; GENETIC REASSORTMENT; GENOTYPE; GOOSE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE STATUS; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; MIGRATION; MIGRATORY SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PIGEON; POULTRY FARMING; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; SWINE; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS GENE; WETLAND; WILD ANIMAL;

EID: 77955730538     PISSN: 17581559     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3184/175815510X12737339356701     Document Type: Review

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