Deaths among wild birds during highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N8) virus outbreak, the Netherlands

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2017, Pages 2050-2054

  Kleyheeg, Erik ^a,i   Slaterus, Roy ^b   Bodewes, Rogier ^c   Rijks, Jolianne M ^d   Spierenburg, Marcel A H ^e   Beerens, Nancy ^f   Kelder, Leon ^g   Poen, Marjolein J ^h   Stegeman, Jan A ^c   Fouchier, Ron A M ^h   Kuiken, Thijs ^h   van der Jeugd, Henk P ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b SOVON DUTCH CENTRE FOR FIELD ORNITHOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d Dutch Wildlife Health Centre   (Netherlands)

^e Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority   (Netherlands)

^f WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^g Staatsbosbeheer   (Netherlands)

^h ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

ⁱ MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRD; DEMOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGHLY PATHOGENIC AVIAN INFLUENZA; HIGHLY PATHOGENIC AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H5N8); MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POULTRY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; AVIAN INFLUENZA; CHARADRIIFORMES; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIC; GENETICS; HAWK; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; TRENDS; VIROLOGY; WATERFOWL; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANSERIFORMES; CHARADRIIFORMES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HAWKS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N8 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 85035011333     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2312.171086     Document Type: Article

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