Highly pathogenic avian influenza causes mass mortality in Sandwich Tern<i>Thalasseus sandvicensis</i>breeding colonies across north-western Europe
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“Highly pathogenic avian influenza causes mass mortality in Sandwich Tern<i>Thalasseus sandvicensis</i>breeding colonies across north-western Europe”
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Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) · H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b · Sandwich tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis) · Seabird mass mortality event · Colonial seabirds · enzootic transmission · breeding colony dynamics · within-colony spread · Inter-colony transmission · adult mortality · Nestling mortality · late breeders · H5 immunity · seroprevalence · carcass removal · outbreak containment · north-western Europe · incubation period · transmission modes
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Pepkio Research Index (PRI). Topics and Trends in Most Cited Avian ecology and behavior Papers, Class of 2026. https://pri.pepkio.com/top-papers/avian-ecology-and-behavior/2026. Accessed 2026-07-20. Zheng Su, Tinsley Li, Thematic Shifts in Early-High-Impact Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Research: A Bibliometric and Semantic Analysis. bioRxiv 2026.07.04.736459; doi: https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.07.04.736459