Epidemiology of avian influenza in wild aquatic birds in a biosecurity hotspot, North Queensland, Australia

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 169-181

  Hoque, Md Ahasanul ^a,b   Burgess, Graham William ^a   Cheam, Ai Lee ^a   Skerratt, Lee Francis ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Chittagong Government Veterinary College   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Australian nomadic wild aquatic birds; Avian influenza; Epidemiology; North Queensland

Indexed keywords

ANAS SUPERCILIOSA; ANATIDAE; AVES; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; DENDROCYGNA EYTONI;

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; AUSTRALIA; BIRD; BLOOD; CLOACA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DUCK; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; NUCLEIC ACID DATABASE; OROPHARYNX; PHYLOGENY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; RNA VIRUS; STATISTICAL MODEL; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BIRDS; CLOACA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; DUCKS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OROPHARYNX; PHYLOGENY; QUEENSLAND; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 84916920154     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2014.11.009     Document Type: Article

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