Alternative scan-based approaches to identify space-time clusters of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus H5N1 in wild birds in Denmark and Sweden in 2006

Avian Diseases

Volumn 56, Issue 4 SUPPL.1, 2012, Pages 1040-1048

  Alkhamis, Mohammad ^a   Willeberg, Preben ^a   Carlsson, Ulla ^b   Carpenter, Tim ^a   Perez, Andres ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bernoulli scan model; Denmark; HPAIV H5N1; permutation scan model; Space time clustering; surveillance; Sweden; wild birds

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; AVIAN INFLUENZA; BIRD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DENMARK; HEALTH SURVEY; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PATHOGENICITY; SWEDEN; TIME; VIROLOGY; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BIRDS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DENMARK; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

AVES; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; AYTHYA FULIGULA;

EID: 84871981239     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/10192-041012-Reg.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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