Cold fronts linked to European H5N1 outbreaks
Thursday, April 8, 2010 - 21:35
in Earth & Climate
Avian influenza (H5N1) outbreaks in Europe during the winter of 2005-2006 occurred at the edge of cold weather fronts, according to researchers. Their results show that these outbreaks were driven by aggregated movements of wild waterbirds away from areas of frozen water.