Estimating transmission of avian influenza in wild birds from incomplete epizootic data: Implications for surveillance and disease spread

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 223-231

  Hénaux, Viviane ^a   Parmley, Jane ^b   Soos, Catherine ^c   Samuel, Michael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epidemiological model; Epizootic dynamics; Force of infection; Highly pathogenic avian influenza; Incidence; Low pathogenic avian influenza; Maximum likelihood; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

AVIAN INFLUENZA; AVIFAUNA; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE SPREAD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNITY; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; PATHOGEN; PRIORITIZATION; TIME SERIES; VIRUS; WATERFOWL; WILD POPULATION;

NORTH AMERICA;

ANATIDAE; ANSERIFORMES; AVES; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; CYGNUS OLOR;

EID: 84873136876     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12031     Document Type: Article

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