Different environmental drivers of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 outbreaks in poultry and wild birds.

ABSTRACT: A large number of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 outbreaks in poultry and wild birds have been reported in Europe since 2005. Distinct spatial patterns in poultry and wild birds suggest that different environmental drivers and potentially different spread mechanisms are operating. However, previous studies found no difference between these two outbreak types when only the effect of physical environmental factors was analysed. The influence of physical and anthropogenic environmental variables and interactions between the two has only been investigated for wild bird outbreaks. We therefore tested the effect of these environmental factors on HPAI H5N1 outbreaks in poultry, and the potential spread mechanism, and discussed how these differ from those observed in wild birds. Log

SUBMITTER: Si Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3538778 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature