Thomas P Weber

Summary

Affiliation: European Commission
Country: Italy

Publications

  1. ncbi Ecologic immunology of avian influenza (H5N1) in migratory birds
    Thomas P Weber
    European Commission s Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy
    Emerg Infect Dis 13:1139-43. 2007
  2. ncbi Migratory birds, the H5N1 influenza virus and the scientific method
    Thomas P Weber
    Joint Research Centre, European Commission, T, P, 267, Via Enrico Fermi 2749, I 21027 Ispra, Italy
    Virol J 5:57. 2008
  3. ncbi Inactivation of influenza A viruses in the environment and modes of transmission: a critical review
    Thomas P Weber
    Joint Research Centre, European Commission, T P 267, Via Enrico Fermi 2749, I 21027 Ispra, Italy
    J Infect 57:361-73. 2008
  4. ncbi Resistance of flight feathers to mechanical fatigue covaries with moult strategy in two warbler species
    Thomas P Weber
    Department of Animal Ecology, Ecology Building, Lund University, Solvegatan 37, S 223 62 Lund, Sweden
    Biol Lett 1:27-30. 2005
  5. ncbi Optimal moult strategies in migratory birds
    Zoltan Barta
    Behavioural Ecology Research Group, Department of Evolutionary Zoology, University of Debrecen, H 4032, Debrecen, Hungary
    Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 363:211-29. 2008

Detail Information

Publications5

  1. ncbi Ecologic immunology of avian influenza (H5N1) in migratory birds
    Thomas P Weber
    European Commission s Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy
    Emerg Infect Dis 13:1139-43. 2007
    ..However, infected, symptomatic wild birds may act as vectors over shorter distances, as appears to have occurred in Europe in early 2006...
  2. ncbi Migratory birds, the H5N1 influenza virus and the scientific method
    Thomas P Weber
    Joint Research Centre, European Commission, T, P, 267, Via Enrico Fermi 2749, I 21027 Ispra, Italy
    Virol J 5:57. 2008
    ..In a recent contribution to this journal, Flint argues that the strict application of the scientific method can help to resolve this issue...
  3. ncbi Inactivation of influenza A viruses in the environment and modes of transmission: a critical review
    Thomas P Weber
    Joint Research Centre, European Commission, T P 267, Via Enrico Fermi 2749, I 21027 Ispra, Italy
    J Infect 57:361-73. 2008
    ..The relative importance of airborne, droplet and contact transmission of influenza A virus and the efficiency of control measures depends among other factors on the inactivation of viruses in different environmental media...
  4. ncbi Resistance of flight feathers to mechanical fatigue covaries with moult strategy in two warbler species
    Thomas P Weber
    Department of Animal Ecology, Ecology Building, Lund University, Solvegatan 37, S 223 62 Lund, Sweden
    Biol Lett 1:27-30. 2005
    ..We propose that willow warblers may strengthen their flight feathers by increasing the diameter of the shaft, which may lead to a more rapid accumulation of damage in willow warblers than in chiffchaffs...
  5. ncbi Optimal moult strategies in migratory birds
    Zoltan Barta
    Behavioural Ecology Research Group, Department of Evolutionary Zoology, University of Debrecen, H 4032, Debrecen, Hungary
    Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 363:211-29. 2008
    ..e. the food is very seasonal but in opposite phase on these areas). This finding might explain why only long-distance migrants have a winter moult...