The Interaction of Migratory Birds and Domestic Poultry and Its Role in Sustaining Avian Influenza

We investigate the role of migratory birds in the spread of H5N1 avian influenza, focusing on the interaction of a migratory bird species with nonmigratory poultry. The model is of patch type and is derived with the aid of reaction-advection equations for the migratory birds in the air along the fly...

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Main Authors: Bourouiba, Lydia (Contributor), Gourley, Stephen A. (Author), Liu, Rongsong (Author), Wu, Jianhong (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mathematics (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, 2011-11-09T15:07:10Z.
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