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A global model of avian influenza prediction in wild birds: the importance of northern regions.
Veterinary research - 13 Jun 2013
Herrick Keiko A, Huettmann Falk, Lindgren Michael A
Abstract excerpt
Avian influenza virus (AIV) is enzootic to wild birds, which are its natural reservoir. The virus exhibits a large degree of genetic diversity and most of the isolated strains are of low pathogenicity to poultry. Although AIV is nearly ubiquitous in wild bird populations, highly pathogenic H5N1 subtypes in poultry have been the focus of most modeling efforts. To better understand viral ecology of AIV, a...
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