Identifying crucial gaps in our knowledge of the life-history of avian influenza viruses - An Australian perspective

Emu

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 103-112

  Klaassen, Marcel ^a,b   Hoye, Bethany J ^b   Roshier, David A ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ecology; epidemiology; host species; HPAI; LPAI; migration; wild birds

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CONNECTIVITY; DETECTION METHOD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; INFLUENZA; LIFE HISTORY; MIGRATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PHYLOGENETICS; RESIDENT POPULATION; WILD POPULATION;

ASIA; AUSTRALIA;

AVES; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS;

EID: 79957870313     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU10042     Document Type: Review

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