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Diann J. Prosser is affiliated with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service in the United States. Their research predominantly spans fields such as Medicine, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Environmental Science. Within these areas, their subfields of focus include Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, Agronomy and Crop Science, Ecology, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The main topics covered in Prosser's work involve Influenza Virus Research Studies, Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology, Viral Infections and Vectors, Avian Ecology and Behavior, Zoonotic Diseases and Public Health, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, and COVID-19 Epidemiological Studies.

Prosser has contributed to several scientific journals and publication venues, with frequent appearances in:

  • Transboundary and Emerging Diseases
  • Scientific Reports
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Journal of Avian Biology
  • Diversity

Their recent published papers include:

  • Highly pathogenic avian influenza is an emerging disease threat to wild birds in North America (2022, Journal of Wildlife Management)
  • The changing dynamics of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1: Next steps for management & science in North America (2023, Biological Conservation)
  • Influenza A viruses remain infectious for more than seven months in northern wetlands of North America (2020, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences)
  • The pathogenesis of a 2022 North American highly pathogenic clade 2.3.4.4b H5N1 avian influenza virus in mallards (Anas platyrhynchos) (2023, Avian Pathology)
  • Pathways for avian influenza virus spread: GPS reveals wild waterfowl in commercial livestock facilities and connectivity with the natural wetland landscape (2022, Transboundary and Emerging Diseases)

Collaborations feature frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Jeffery D. Sullivan
  • Jennifer M. Mullinax
  • Rebecca L. Poulson
  • Andrew M. Ramey
  • Claire S. Teitelbaum

Best Publications

  • Avian influenza H5N1 viral and bird migration networks in Asia

    Huaiyu Tian;Sen Zhou;Lu Dong;Thomas P. Van Boeckel

  • Potential spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 by wildfowl: dispersal ranges and rates determined from large-scale satellite telemetry

    Nicolas Gaidet;Julien Cappelle;John Y. Takekawa;Diann J. Prosser

  • Migration of Waterfowl in the East Asian Flyway and Spatial Relationship to HPAI H5N1 Outbreaks

    John Y. Takekawa;Scott H. Newman;Xiangming Xiao;Diann J. Prosser

  • Wild bird migration across the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau: a transmission route for highly pathogenic H5N1.

    Diann J. Prosser;Diann J. Prosser;Peng Cui;John Y. Takekawa;Mingjie Tang

  • Flying Over an Infected Landscape: Distribution of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1 Risk in South Asia and Satellite Tracking of Wild Waterfowl

    Marius Gilbert;Scott H. Newman;John Y. Takekawa;Leo Loth

  • Eco-Virological Approach for Assessing the Role of Wild Birds in the Spread of Avian Influenza H5N1 along the Central Asian Flyway

    Scott H. Newman;Nichola J. Hill;Nichola J. Hill;Kyle A. Spragens;Daniel Janies

  • The paradox of extreme high-altitude migration in bar-headed geese Anser indicus

    Lucy A. Hawkes;S. Balachandran;N. Batbayar;P. J. Butler

  • Mapping migratory flyways in Asia using dynamic Brownian bridge movement models

    Eric C Palm;Scott H Newman;Diann J Prosser;Xiangming Xiao;Xiangming Xiao

  • Risks of avian influenza transmission in areas of intensive free-ranging duck production with wild waterfowl.

    Julien Cappelle;Julien Cappelle;Delong Zhao;Marius Gilbert;Martha I. Nelson

  • Migration of Whooper Swans and Outbreaks of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1 Virus in Eastern Asia

    Scott H. Newman;Scott H. Newman;Samuel A. Iverson;John Y. Takekawa;Martin Gilbert

  • High tides and rising seas: Potential effects on estuarine waterbirds

    R.M. Erwin;G.M. Sanders;D.J. Prosser;Donald R. Cahoon

  • Satellite‐marked waterfowl reveal migratory connection between H5N1 outbreak areas in China and Mongolia

    Diann J. Prosser;John Y. Takekawa;Scott H. Newman;Baoping Yan

  • Geographic variation in bar-headed geese Anser Indicus : connectivity of wintering areas and breeding grounds across a broad front

    John Y. Takekawa;Shane R. Heath;David C. Douglas;William M. Perry

  • Victims and vectors: highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 and the ecology of wild birds.

    John Y. Takekawa;Diann J. Prosser;Scott H. Newman;Sabir Bin Muzaffar;Sabir Bin Muzaffar

  • Surface Elevation Dynamics in Vegetated Spartina Marshes Versus Unvegetated Tidal Ponds Along the Mid-Atlantic Coast, USA, with Implications to Waterbirds

    R. Michael Erwin;Donald R. Cahoon;Diann J. Prosser;Geoffrey M. Sanders

  • A network approach to prioritize conservation efforts for migratory birds

    Yanjie Xu;Yanjie Xu;Yali Si;Yali Si;John Takekawa;Qiang Liu

  • Persistence of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1 Virus Defined by Agro-Ecological Niche

    Lenny Hogerwerf;Rob G Wallace;Daniela Ottaviani;Jan Slingenbergh

  • Mapping avian influenza transmission risk at the interface of domestic poultry and wild birds

    Diann J. Prosser;Diann J. Prosser;Laura L. Hungerford;R. Michael Erwin;R. Michael Erwin;Mary Ann Ottinger

  • CHANGES IN LAGOONAL MARSH MORPHOLOGY AT SELECTED NORTHEASTERN ATLANTIC COAST SITES OF SIGNIFICANCE TO MIGRATORY WATERBIRDS

    R. Michael Erwin;Geoffrey M. Sanders;Diann J. Prosser

  • Modelling the distribution of chickens, ducks, and geese in China

    Diann J. Prosser;Diann J. Prosser;Junxi Wu;Erle C. Ellis;Fred Gale

  • Modelling the distribution of domestic ducks in Monsoon Asia.

    Thomas P. Van Boeckel;Diann Prosser;Diann Prosser;Gianluca Franceschini;Chandra Biradar

  • Potential spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 by wildfowl : dispersal ranges and rates determined from large-scale satellite telemetry

    Nicolas Gaidet;Julien Cappelle;John Y. Takekawa;Samuel Iverson

Frequent Co-Authors

John Y. Takekawa
John Y. Takekawa United States Geological Survey
Scott H. Newman
Scott H. Newman Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Xiangming Xiao
Xiangming Xiao University of Oklahoma
David C. Douglas
David C. Douglas United States Geological Survey
Martin Wikelski
Martin Wikelski Max Planck Institute for Ornithology
Marius Gilbert
Marius Gilbert Université Libre de Bruxelles
Fumin Lei
Fumin Lei Chinese Academy of Sciences
Erica Spackman
Erica Spackman United States Department of Agriculture
Mary J. Pantin-Jackwood
Mary J. Pantin-Jackwood United States Department of Agriculture
Lucy A. Hawkes
Lucy A. Hawkes University of Exeter

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