Predicting the Global Spread of H5N1 Avian Influenza
Predicting the global spread of H5N1 avian influenza A. Marm Kilpatrick, Aleksei A. Chmura, David W. Gibbons, Robert C. Fleischer, Peter P. Marra, and Peter Daszak PNAS published online Dec 7, 2006; doi: 10.1073/pnas.0609227103 This information is current as of December 2006. Supplementary Material Supplementary material can be found at: www.pnas.org/cgi/content/full/0609227103/DCl This article has been cited by other articles: www.pnas. org#otherarticles E-mail Alerts Receive free email alerts when new articles cite this article - sign up in the box at the top right corner of the article or click here. Rights & Permissions To reproduce this article in part (figures, tables) or in entirety, see: www.pnas.org/misc/rightperm.shtml Reprints To order reprints, see: www.pnas.org/misc/reprints.shtml Notes: Predicting the global spread of H5N1 avian influenza A. Marm Kilpatrick*^ Aleksei A. Chmura*, David W. Gibbons*, Robert C. Fleischer^, Peter P. Marra^, and Peter Daszal<* *Consortium for Conservation Medicine, New Yorl<, NY 10001; *Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Sandy, Bedfordshire SG19 2DL, United Kingdom; and ^National IVluseum of Natural History, and 'Smithsonian IVligratory Bird Center, National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20008 aß Communicated by Hans R. Herren, Millennium Institute, Arlington, VA, October 19, 2006 (received for review April 26, 2006) The spread of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza into Asia, commercial trade in wild birds (4), making this another potentially Europe, and Africa has resulted in enormous impacts on the poultry important pathway unless all imported birds are quarantined, tested industry and presents an important threat to human health.
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