Implications of within-farm transmission for network dynamics: Consequences for the spread of avian influenza

•Cross-scale dynamics were investigated for avian influenza in British poultry.•Transmission risk is dependent on the assumed within-flock transmission mode.•Transmission risk may not scale with transmissibility or flock size.•Transmission risk corresponds with between-farm impact for 28% of farms.•...

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Main Authors: Nickbakhsh, Sema, Matthews, Louise, Dent, Jennifer E., Innocent, Giles T., Arnold, Mark E., Reid, Stuart W.J., Kao, Rowland R.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3694308/