Herd immunity drives the epidemic fadeout of avian cholera in Arctic-nesting seabirds

Herd immunity drives the epidemic fadeout of avian cholera in Arctic-nesting seabirds

Abstract Avian cholera, caused by the bacterium Pasteurella multocida, is a common and important infectious disease of wild birds in North America. Between 2005 and 2012, avian cholera caused annual mortality of widely varying magnitudes in Northern common eiders (Somateria mollissima borealis) bree...

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Main Authors: Jacintha G. B. van Dijk, Samuel A. Iverson, H. Grant Gilchrist, N. Jane Harms, Holly L. Hennin, Oliver P. Love, E. Isabel Buttler, Stephanie Lesceu, Jeffrey T. Foster, Mark R. Forbes, Catherine Soos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-01-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-79888-6

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-79888-6

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