@article{fdi:010049639,
  title = {{P}ersistence of highly pathogenic {A}vian {I}nfluenza {V}iruses in natural ecosystems},
  author = {{L}ebarbenchon, {C}amille and {F}eare, {C}.{J}. and {R}enaud, {F}ran{\c{c}}ois and {T}homas, {F}. and {G}authier-{C}lerc, {M}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{U}nderstanding of ecologic factors favoring emergence and maintenance of highly pathogenic avian influenza ({HPAI}) viruses is limited. {A}lthough low pathogenic avian influenza viruses persist and evolve in wild populations, {HPAI} viruses evolve in domestic birds and cause economically serious epizootics that only occasionally infect wild populations. {W}e propose that evolutionary ecology considerations can explain this apparent paradox. {H}ost structure and transmission possibilities differ considerably between wild and domestic birds and are likely to be major determinants of virulence. {B}ecause viral fitness is highly dependent on host survival and dispersal in nature, virulent forms are unlikely to persist in wild populations if they kill hosts quickly or affect predation risk or migratory performance. {I}nterhost transmission in water has evolved in low pathogenic influenza viruses in wild waterfowl populations. {H}owever, oropharyngeal shedding and transmission by aerosols appear more efficient for {HPAI} viruses among domestic birds.},
  keywords = {},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{E}merging {I}nfectious {D}iseases},
  volume = {16},
  numero = {7},
  pages = {1057--1062},
  ISSN = {1080-6040},
  year = {2010},
  DOI = {10.3201/eid1607.090389},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010049639},
}