Wild bird migration across the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau: a transmission route for highly pathogenic H5N1.

BACKGROUND: Qinghai Lake in central China has been at the center of debate on whether wild birds play a role in circulation of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus H5N1. In 2005, an unprecedented epizootic at Qinghai Lake killed more than 6000 migratory birds including over 3000 bar-headed geese...

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Main Authors: Diann J Prosser, Peng Cui, John Y Takekawa, Mingjie Tang, Yuansheng Hou, Bridget M Collins, Baoping Yan, Nichola J Hill, Tianxian Li, Yongdong Li, Fumin Lei, Shan Guo, Zhi Xing, Yubang He, Yuanchun Zhou, David C Douglas, William M Perry, Scott H Newman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3052365?pdf=render