Jianhong E. Mu

Climate Change and the Risk of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Outbreaks in Birds

Jianhong E. Mu, Bruce A. McCarl, Ximing Wu & Michael P. Ward · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 2014

In this paper, we examine the association between climate change and outbreak probability of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A virus (HPAI H5N1) in birds. Climate change is a potential factor for the recent spread of H5N1 outbreaks because it can directly alter the conditions i...