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Demographic Processes Drive Increases in Wildlife Disease following Population Reduction
PLoS ONE. 2014; 9(5): e86563. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0086563
Prentice JC, Marion G, White PCL, Davidson RS, Hutchings MR

Role of wildlife in the epidemiology of Leishmania infantum infection in Europe
Parasitology Research. 2014 May; [Epub]. doi: 10.1007/s00436-014-3929-2
Javier Millán et al.
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Avian Influenza Virus Antibodies in Pacific Coast Red Knots (Calidris canutus rufa)
J Wildl Dis. 2014 May 7. [Epub ahead of print]
Johnson JA1, Decicco LH, Ruthrauff DR, Krauss S, Hall JS.
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High Genetic Diversity and Adaptive Potential of Two Simian Hemorrhagic Fever Viruses in a Wild Primate Population
PLoS ONE. 2014; 9(3): e90714. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0090714
Bailey AL, Lauck M, Weiler A, Sibley SD, Dinis JM, et al.

Decline and re-expansion of an amphibian with high prevalence of chytrid fungus
Biological Conservation Volume 170, February 2014, Pages 86–91. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2013.12.034
Ben C. Scheele et al.

A simple and efficient method for detecting avian influenza virus in water samples
Journal of Virological Methods. 2014 Apr; 199:124–128. doi:10.1016/j.jviromet.2014.01.013
Hongbo Zhang et al.

Surveillance of Avian Paramyxovirus in Migratory Waterfowls in the San-in Region of Western Japan from 2006 to 2012
Journal of Veterinary Medical Science. 2014 Mar; 76(3):423-430. doi:10.1292/jvms.13-0539
Dennis V. Umali et al.

Use of Wild Bird Surveillance, Human Case Data and GIS Spatial Analysis for Predicting Spatial Distributions of West Nile Virus in Greece
PLoS One. 2014; 9(5): e96935. [Epub 2014 May 07]. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0096935
George Valiakos et al.

Using Avian Surveillance in Ecuador to Assess the Imminence of West Nile Virus Incursion to Galápagos
Ecohealth. 2014 May 6. [Epub ahead of print]. doi:10.1007/s10393-014-0911-5
Eastwood G, Goodman SJ, Hilgert N, Cruz M, Kramer LD, Cunningham AA.

Emerging Infectious Diseases in Free-Ranging Wildlife–Australian Zoo Based Wildlife Hospitals Contribute to National Surveillance
PLoS One. 2014; 9(5): e95127 [Epub 2014 May 01]. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0095127
Keren Cox-Witton et al.

Chronic Wasting Disease Agents in Nonhuman Primates
Emerg Infect Dis. May 2014; 20(5): 833–837. doi: 10.3201/eid2005.130778
Brent Race et al.

Avian Influenza Surveillance in the Danube Delta Using Sentinel Geese and Ducks
Influenza Res Treat. 2014; 2014: 965749 [Epub 2014 Mar 25]. doi: 10.1155/2014/965749
Alexandru Coman et al.

Journal of Wildlife Diseases - April 2014
Volume 50, Issue 2

Novel Avian Influenza A(H7N9) Virus in Tree Sparrow, Shanghai, China, 2013
Emerg Infect Dis. May 2014; 20(5): 850–853. doi: 10.3201/eid2005.131707
Baihui Zhao et al.

Detection of evolutionarily distinct avian influenza a viruses in antarctica
MBio. 2014 May 6;5(3). pii: e01098-14. doi: 10.1128/mBio.01098-14.
Hurt AC et al.

Phylogenetic and antigenic characterization of reassortant H9N2 avian influenza viruses isolated from wild waterfowl in the East Dongting Lake wetland in 2011–2012
Virol J. 2014; 11: 77. [Epub online 2014 Apr 30]. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-11-77
Yun Zhu et al.