Newcastle disease virus transmission dynamics in wild peridomestic birds in the United Arab Emirates.

ABSTRACT: To understand the dynamics of a pathogen in an animal population, one must assess how the infection status of individuals changes over time. With wild animals, this can be very challenging because individuals can be difficult to trap and sample, even more so since they are tested with imperfect diagnostic techniques. Multi-event capture-recapture models allow analysing longitudinal capture data of individuals whose infection status is assessed using imperfect tests. In this study, we used a two-year dataset from a longitudinal field study of peridomestic wild bird populations in the United Arab Emirates during which thousands of birds from various species were captured, sampled and tested for Newcastle disease virus exposure using a serological test. We developed a multi-event capture-reca

SUBMITTER: Hirschinger J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7876026 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature