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The plight and role of wild birds in the current bird flu panzootic

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Fig. 1: Key features of the current HPAI panzootic.

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M.K. is funded by Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Project Grant DP19010186. M.W. is funded by an ARC Discovery Early Career Research Award DE200100977. The WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza is funded by the Australian Department of Health. We thank P. Tizzani (World Organisation for Animal Health) for assisting with data retrieval.

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  1. Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia

    Marcel Klaassen

  2. Sydney Institute for Infectious Diseases, School of Life and Environmental Sciences and School of Medical Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

    Michelle Wille

  3. Centre for Pathogen Genomics, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne, at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

    Michelle Wille

  4. WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

    Michelle Wille

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Klaassen, M., Wille, M. The plight and role of wild birds in the current bird flu panzootic. Nat Ecol Evol 7, 1541–1542 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-023-02182-x

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