Spatial association of seabirds and aquatic birds with highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1) outbreaks in Brazil: A nationwide ecological and statistical modelling approach

• Byron Abdel Hernández-Ortiz ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: byron.hernandez@unesp.br

  Affiliations Department of Animal Production and Veterinary Preventive Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Botucatu, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Colombian Corporation for Agricultural Research (AGROSAVIA), Cundinamarca, Colombia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2390-4323

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• Thiago Araujo dos Santos,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: National Center for Strategic Information on Health Surveillance, Department of Public Health Emergencies, Health Surveillance Secretariat, Ministry of Health, Brasilia, Federal District, Brazil

  Affiliation Department of Animal Production and Veterinary Preventive Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Botucatu, Sao Paulo, Brazil

  https://orcid.org/0009-0006-1678-5262

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• Camila Michele Appolinário,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Animal Production and Veterinary Preventive Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Botucatu, Sao Paulo, Brazil

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• Angela Maria Arcila-Cardona

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Colombian Corporation for Agricultural Research (AGROSAVIA), Cundinamarca, Colombia

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