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From: Mapping the risk of avian influenza in wild birds in the US

Figure 3

Predictions of the spatial model. (a) Predictions for AIV cases in sampled and unsampled counties (n = 3109). R.m.s.e.: 6.33 cases per county; (b) Uncertainty associated with the model predictions in (a): standard error of the number of predicted cases of AIV in wild birds; (c) An important environmental variable for explaining AIV cases: % cropland per county; (d) Another important environmental variable: first day of the year with no snow or ice. Most counties with a high % of AIV positive-wild birds have a high % crop of cropland and cold climate measured as snow or ice-cover in January. This is compatible with the observation that the AI virus can survive outside of the host for a longer time period in a cold environment.

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