An enzootic vector-borne virus is amplified at epizootic levels by an invasive avian host

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1703, 2011, Pages 239-246

  O'Brien, Valerie A ^a,d   Moore, Amy T ^a   Young, Ginger R ^b   Komar, Nicholas ^b   Reisen, William K ^c   Brown, Charles R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arbovirus; Buggy Creek virus; Cliff swallow; House sparrow; Pathogen transmission; Virus ecology

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; INVASIVE SPECIES; PASSERINE; PATHOGENICITY; VIRUS;

NEBRASKA; UNITED STATES;

ALPHAVIRUS; ANIMALIA; ARBOVIRUS; ARTHROPODA; AVES; BUGGY CREEK VIRUS; HIRUNDINIDAE; OECIACUS VICARIUS; PASSER DOMESTICUS; PASSERIDAE;

EID: 78650499243     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.1098     Document Type: Conference Paper

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