Rabies in Zimbabwe: Reservoir dogs and the implications for disease control

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 353, Issue 1371, 1998, Pages 999-1010

  Rhodes, C J ^a   Atkinson, R P D ^a   Anderson, R M ^a   Macdonald, D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Jackals; Mathematical model; Rabies

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ZIMBABWE;

ANIMALIA; CANIS ADUSTUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS MESOMELAS; CARNIVORA; MAMMALIA; RABIES VIRUS;

EID: 0032578041     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1998.0263     Document Type: Article

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