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Highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza: Entry pathways into North America via bird migration
Peterson, A. Townsend Benz, Brett W. PapeÅŸ, Monica
Peterson, A. Townsend
Benz, Brett W.
PapeÅŸ, Monica
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Given the possibility of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza arriving in North America and monitoring programs that have
been established to detect and track it, we review intercontinental movements of birds. We divided 157 bird species showing
regular intercontinental movements into four groups based on patterns of movement—one of these groups (breed Holarctic,
winter Eurasia) fits well with the design of the monitoring programs (i.e., western Alaska), but the other groups have quite
different movement patterns, which would suggest the importance of H5N1 monitoring along the Pacific, Atlantic, and Gulf
coasts of North America.
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doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0000261
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2007-02-28
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Peterson AT, Benz BW, Papes¸ M (2007) Highly Pathogenic H5N1 Avian Influenza: Entry Pathways into North America via Bird Migration. PLoS ONE 2(2): e261. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000261