Strong and consistent associations of waterbird community composition with HPAI H5 occurrence in European wild birds
Z. Huang, S. Yin, Y. Zhang, F. de Boer, T. Mundkur, J. Artois, F. Velckers, H. Tian, J. Y. Takekawa, Y. Si, G.-Z. Han, H. Zhang, Y. Chen, H. Chai, C. Xu
The paper shows that waterbird community composition strongly predicts HPAI H5 occurrence in wild birds across different epidemics, with similar patterns observed for H5N8 and H5N1.
bioRxiv · Apr 11, 2022 · PreprintEcology