Ecological determinants of highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1) outbreaks in Bangladesh.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The agro-ecology and poultry husbandry of the south Asian and south-east Asian countries share common features, however, with noticeable differences. Hence, the ecological determinants associated with risk of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI-H5N1) outbreaks are expected to differ between Bangladesh and e.g., Thailand and Vietnam. The primary aim of the current study was to establish ecological determinants associated with the risk of HPAI-H5N1 outbreaks at subdistrict level in Bangladesh. The secondary aim was to explore the performance of two different statistical modeling approaches for unmeasured spatially correlated variation.

Methodology/principal findings

An ecological study at subdistrict level in Bangladesh was performed with 138 subdistricts with H

SUBMITTER: Ahmed SS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3309954 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature