October 05, 2015 at 03:02PM The role of wild birds in the ecology of avian influenza: ten years of research at CIRAD

Right from the start of the avian influenza epidemic, CIRAD teams began working on the surveillance of the H5N1 virus in wild birds, particularly in Africa. Thanks to the fieldwork and also to the theoretical research done by those teams, we now know a little more about this disease, which can be transmitted to humans. Among other things, we know that the viruses are sustained all year round in Africa, we know the main species involved in that persistence and we can assess the epidemiological and ecological contexts in which the disease develops better. This work has paved the way for new control methods and highlights the need for global surveillance.

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