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Dr. Causey, a professor of biology from the University of Alaska Anchorage , is working to understand what the role is of migratory birds in the spread and transmission of Avian influenza. He's trying to unlock the mystery of how birds become infected, while tracking the natural history of the virus.

Causey has worked for a decade on this problem in the high Arctic and Alaska 's North Slope to better understand the natural occurrence of Influenza in the environment and in wild birds. One critical question he's trying to tackle is how Avian Influenza will affect the enormous populations of migratory birds breeding in Alaska .