The spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus is a social network problem

Jamie Dunning; Josh A. Firth; Alastair I. Ward

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1013233

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The spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus is a social network problem

Jamie Dunning ,

* E-mail: j.dunning@leeds.ac.uk

Affiliation School of Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8234-8526

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Josh A. Firth,

Affiliations School of Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, Department of Biology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Alastair I. Ward

Affiliation School of Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
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The spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus is a social network problem

Jamie Dunning,
Josh A. Firth,
Alastair I. Ward

Published: July 7, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1013233

About the Authors

Jamie Dunning

* E-mail: j.dunning@leeds.ac.uk

Affiliation School of Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8234-8526

Josh A. Firth

Affiliations School of Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, Department of Biology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Alastair I. Ward

Affiliation School of Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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