Wildlife Disease Journal Digest

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Different Environmental Drivers of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1 Outbreaks in Poultry and Wild Birds
PLoS ONE. 2013; 8(1): e53362. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0053362
Y Si et al.

Serosurvey of dogs for human, livestock, and wildlife pathogens, Uganda [letter]
Emerg Infect Dis. 2013 April; [Epub ahead of print]. doi:10.3201/eid1904.121143
J Millan et al.
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High Seroprevalence of Antibodies to Avian Influenza Viruses among Wild Waterfowl in Alaska: Implications for Surveillance
PLoS One. 2013;8(3):e58308. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058308. Epub 2013 Mar 5.
HM Wilson et al.

An improved method for the extraction and quantification of adult Echinococcus from wildlife definitive hosts
Parasitol Res. 2013 Mar 8. [Epub ahead of print]
K Gesy et al.

A Conceptual Model for the Impact of Climate Change on Fox Rabies in Alaska, 1980-2010
Zoonoses Public Health. 2013 Mar 4. doi: 10.1111/zph.12044. [Epub ahead of print]
BI Kim et al.

Chronic Wasting Disease in Bank Voles: Characterisation of the Shortest Incubation Time Model for Prion Diseases
PLoS Pathog. 2013; 9(3): e1003219. doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1003219
MA Di Bari et al.

Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. - March 2013
Volume 368, Issue 1614
Special Issue: Discussion Meeting Issue 'Next-generation molecular and evolutionary epidemiology of infectious disease'
Compiled and edited by O. G. Pybus, C. Fraser and A. Rambaut

Global mapping of infectious disease
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2013 Feb 4;368(1614):20120250. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2012.0250.
SI Hay et al.

Effects of the Amphibian Chytrid Fungus and Four Insecticides on Pacific Treefrogs (Pseudacris regilla)
Journal of Herpetology. 2012 Dec; 46(4):625-631. doi: 10.1670/11-070
P Kleinhenz et al.

Courtesy of the Australian Wildlife Health Network

Wildlife disease ecology in changing landscapes: Mesopredator release and toxoplasmosis
International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife. 2013; [Epub ahead of print 5 March 2013]. doi: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2013.02.002
T Hollings et al.

Detection of novel divergent arenaviruses in boid snakes with inclusion body disease in the Netherlands
J Gen Virol. 2013 Mar; [Epub ahead of print 6 March 2013]. doi: 10.1099/vir.0.051995-0
R Bodewes et al.

Mitigating amphibian chytridiomycosis with bioaugmentation: characteristics of effective probiotics and strategies for their selection and use
Ecology Letters. 2013; [Epub ahead of print 3 Mar 2013]. DOI: 10.1111/ele.12099
MC Bletz et al.

Do pathogens reduce genetic diversity of their hosts? Variable effects of sylvatic plague in black-tailed prairie dogs
Molecular Ecology. 2013; [Epub ahead of print 4 Mar 2013]. DOI: 10.1111/mec.12270
LC Sackett et al.

The effects of climate change on avian migratory patterns and the dispersal of commercial poultry diseases in Canada - Part II
World's Poultry Science Journal. 2013 Mar; 69(1): 163-182
CD Patterson and MT Guerin