Understanding the ecological drivers of avian influenza virus infection in wildfowl

• Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences Vol. 279; no. 1731
• Main Authors: Gaidet N, Caron A, Cappelle J, Cumming G.S, Balança G, Hammoumi S, Cattoli G, Abolnik C, Servan de Almeida R, Gil P, Fereidouni S.R, Grosbois V, Tran A, Mundava J, Fofana B, Ould El Mamy A.B, Ndlovu M, Mondain-Monval J.Y, Triplet P, Hagemeijer W, Karesh W.B, Newman S.H, Dodman T
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: AFRIQUE; ANIMAL SAUVAGE; CLIMAT TROPICAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIE; EURASIE; FACTEUR DU MILIEU; INFLUENZAVIRUS AVIAIRE; MIGRATION ANIMALE; OISEAU; TRANSMISSION DES MALADIES; VECTEUR DE MALADIE

Despite considerable effort for surveillance of wild birds for avian influenza viruses (AIVs), empirical investigations of ecological drivers of AIV prevalence in wild birds are still scarce. Here we used a continental-scale dataset, collected in tropical wetlands of 15 African countries, to test th...