Investigating avian influenza infection hotspots in old-world shorebirds.

Investigating avian influenza infection hotspots in old-world shorebirds.

Heterogeneity in the transmission rates of pathogens across hosts or environments may produce disease hotspots, which are defined as specific sites, times or species associations in which the infection rate is consistently elevated. Hotspots for avian influenza virus (AIV) in wild birds are largely...

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Main Authors: Nicolas Gaidet, Ahmed B Ould El Mamy, Julien Cappelle, Alexandre Caron, Graeme S Cumming, Vladimir Grosbois, Patricia Gil, Saliha Hammoumi, Renata Servan de Almeida, Sasan R Fereidouni, Giovanni Cattoli, Celia Abolnik, Josphine Mundava, Bouba Fofana, Mduduzi Ndlovu, Yelli Diawara, Renata Hurtado, Scott H Newman, Tim Dodman, Gilles Balança
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3460932?pdf=render

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