Environmental and demographic determinants of avian influenza viruses in waterfowl across the contiguous United States.

Outbreaks of avian influenza in North American poultry have been linked to wild waterfowl. A first step towards understanding where and when avian influenza viruses might emerge from North American waterfowl is to identify environmental and demographic determinants of infection in their populations....

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Main Authors: Matthew L Farnsworth, Ryan S Miller, Kerri Pedersen, Mark W Lutman, Seth R Swafford, Philip D Riggs, Colleen T Webb
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3299682?pdf=render