Continental-scale dynamics of avian influenza in U.S. waterfowl are driven by demography, migration, and temperature.

ABSTRACT: Emerging diseases of wildlife origin are increasingly spilling over into humans and domestic animals. Surveillance and risk assessments for transmission between these populations are informed by a mechanistic understanding of the pathogens in wildlife reservoirs. For avian influenza viruses (AIV), much observational and experimental work in wildlife has been conducted at local scales, yet fully understanding their spread and distribution requires assessing the mechanisms acting at both local, (e.g., intrinsic epidemic dynamics), and continental scales, (e.g., long-distance migration). Here, we combined a large, continental-scale data set on low pathogenic, Type A AIV in the United States with a novel network-based application of bird banding/recovery data to investigate the migration-based

SUBMITTER: Gorsich EE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7988533 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature