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Detection of Avian Influenza Viruses in Wild Waterbirds in the Rift Valley of Kenya Using Fecal Sampling
Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 2013; [Epub ahead of print 2013 Apr 26]. doi:10.1089/vbz.2011.0926.
VO Ofula et al.

Pathobiology and transmission of highly and low pathogenic avian influenza viruses in European quail (Coturnix c. coturnix)
Vet Res. 2013; 44(1): 23. [Epub ahead of print 2013 Mar 28]. doi:10.1186/1297-9716-44-23
K Bertran

Whether the Weather Drives Patterns of Endemic Amphibian Chytridiomycosis: A Pathogen Proliferation Approach
2013; PLoS ONE 8(4): e61061. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0061061
KA Murray et al.
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The Novel H7N9 Influenza A Virus: Its Present Impact and Indeterminate Future
Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 2013; [Epub ahead of print 2013 Apr 30]. doi:10.1089/vbz.2013.999.ceezad.
RE Kahn et al.

The Human Environment Interface: Applying Ecosystem Concepts to Health
Curr Top Microbiol Immunol. 2013 May 1. [Epub ahead of print]
ND Preston et al.

Examining the differences in format and characteristics of zoonotic virus surveillance data on state agency websites
J Med Internet Res. 2013 Apr 26;15(4):e90. doi: 10.2196/jmir.2487.
M Scotch et al.

Molecular and epidemiological characterization of avian influenza viruses from gulls and dabbling ducks in Norway
Virol J. 2013; 10: 112. [Epub ahead of print 2013 Apr 10]. doi:10.1186/1743-422X-10-112
R Tonnessen

Sex-biased parasitism is not universal: evidence from rodent-flea associations from three biomes
Oecologia. 2013 May 1. [Epub ahead of print]
C Kiffner et al.

Re-Isolating Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis from an Amphibian Host Increases Pathogenicity in a Subsequent Exposure
PLoS ONE. 2013; 8(5): e61260. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0061260
FMR Brem et al.

Physiological and Biogeochemical Traits of Bleaching and Recovery in the Mounding Species of Coral Porites lobata: Implications for Resilience in Mounding Corals
PLoS ONE. 2013; 8(5): e63267. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0063267
SJ Levas et al.

Who’s worried about turkeys? How ‘organisational silos’ impede zoonotic disease surveillance
Sociology of Health & Illness. 2013 Feb; 35(2): 200–212. [Epub ahead of print 2013 Sep 2012] DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2012.01501.x
Special Issue: Pandemics and Emerging Infectious Diseases: the Sociological Agenda
C Jerolmack

Application of real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction to the detection the matrix, H5 and H7 genes of avian influenza viruses in field samples from South Korea
Virol J. 2013 Mar 14;10:85. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-10-85.
HR Kim et al.

World watching as troubling new type of avian influenza surfaces in China
CMAJ. 2013 Apr 29. [Epub ahead of print]
C Brown

Maryland One Health Bulletin - April 2013 [pdf]
Volume 3, Issue 3

Wildlife Disease Association Newsletter - April 2013 [pdf]

First detection of Echinococcus granulosus G1 and G7 in wild boars (Sus scrofa) and red deer (Cervus elaphus) in Romania using PCR and PCR-RFLP techniques
Vet Parasitol. 2013 Mar 31;193(1-3):289-91. doi: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2012.11.044. Epub 2012 Dec 20.
D Onac et al.

Yersinia pestis DNA from Skeletal Remains from the 6th Century AD Reveals Insights into Justinianic Plague
PLoS Pathog. 2013; 9(5): e1003349. doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1003349
M Harbeck et al.