A simple stochastic model with environmental transmission explains multi-year periodicity in outbreaks of avian flu

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Wang, Rong Hua ^a,b   Jin, Zhen ^a   Liu, Quan Xing ^b   van de Koppel, Johan ^b   Alonso, David ^c,d  

^a NORTH UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; PERIODICITY; PREDICTION; SEASONAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; STOCHASTIC MODEL; VIRAL CLEARANCE; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS SHEDDING; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WAVELET ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DUCK; ENVIRONMENT; NORTH AMERICA; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS; TIME; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; DUCKS; ENVIRONMENT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NORTH AMERICA; PERIODICITY; PREVALENCE; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84857188828     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028873     Document Type: Article

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