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Trait-mediated indirect effects, predators, and disease: test of a size-based model
Oecologia. 2013 May 8. [Epub ahead of print]
CR Bertram et al.

Towards a new, ecologically targeted approach to monitoring wild bird populations for avian influenza viruses
Epidemiol Infect. 2013 May;141(5):1050-60. doi: 10.1017/S0950268812001732. Epub 2012 Aug 24.
CU Schoene et al.

Targeting surveillance for zoonotic virus discovery
Emerg Infect Dis. 2013 May;19(5):743-7. doi: 10.3201/eid1905.121042.
J Levinson et al.

The study of parasite sharing for surveillance of zoonotic diseases
Environ. Res. Lett. 2013; 8 015036 doi:10.1088/1748-9326/8/1/015036
Maxwell J Farrell et al.

The opportunistic nature of Trichinella—Exploitation of new geographies and habitats
Veterinary Parasitology. 2013 May 20; 194(2-4): Pages 128–132
Special Issue: 13th International Conference on Trichinellosis
E Pozio et al.

Zoonotic disease risk perceptions and infection control practices of Australian veterinarians: Call for change in work culture
Preventive Veterinary Medicine. 2013; [Epub ahead of print 2013 May 08]
K Dowd et al.

Balancing biodiversity with agriculture: Land sharing mitigates avian malaria prevalence
Conservation Letters. 2013 Apr ; 6(2): 125–131. [Epub ahead of print 2013 Jan 02]. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-263X.2012.00302.x
CD Mendenhall et al.

Intranasal Inoculation of White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) with Lyophilized Chronic Wasting Disease Prion Particulate Complexed to Montmorillonite Clay
PLoS ONE. 2013; 8(5): e62455. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0062455
TA Nichols et al.

Influenza. Despite large research effort, H7N9 continues to baffle [Online abstract not available]
Science. 2013 Apr 26;340(6131):414-5. doi: 10.1126/science.340.6131.414.
M Hvistendahl et al.
Comment in: Don't cull wild birds yet. [Science. 2013][Online abstract not available]

Usutu Virus Persistence and West Nile Virus Inactivity in the Emilia-Romagna Region (Italy) in 2011
PLoS ONE. 2013; 8(5): e63978. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0063978
M Calzolari et al.

Centrality in primate–parasite networks reveals the potential for the transmission of emerging infectious diseases to humans
PNAS. 2013; 2013 May 07; 110(19): 7738-7741. [Epub ahead of print 2013 Apr 22]. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1220716110
JM Gomeza et al.

Networks of wildlife translocations in developing countries: an emerging conservation issue?
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 2013; doi: 10.1890/120213
JR Goss and GS Cumming

Mosquito and West Nile virus surveillance in northeast Montana, U.S.A., 2005 and 2006.
Med Vet Entomol. 2013 May 6. doi: 10.1111/mve.12011. [Epub ahead of print]
KM Friesen and GD Johnson

Migratory strategies of waterbirds shape the continental-scale dispersal of aquatic organisms
Ecography. 2013 Apr; 36(4): 430–438. [Epub ahead of print 2012 Oct 09]. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0587.2012.07588.x
DS Viana et al.