Inferring epidemiologic dynamics from viral evolution: 2014–2015 Eurasian/North American highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses exceed transmission threshold, R0 = 1, in wild birds and poultry in North America

Evolutionary Applications

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 547-557

  Grear, Daniel A ^a   Hall, Jeffrey S ^a   Dusek, Robert J ^a   Ip, Hon S ^a  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

basic pathogen reproductive number; highly pathogenic avian influenza; phylodynamics; phylogeny; poultry; R 0; whole genome sequence; wild birds

Indexed keywords

EID: 85036593647     PISSN: 17524563     EISSN: 17524571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eva.12576     Document Type: Article

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