Serological and demographic evidence for domestic dogs as a source of canine distemper virus infection for Serengeti wildlife

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 217-227

  Cleaveland, S ^a,b   Appel, M G J ^c   Chalmers, W S K ^d   Chillingworth, C ^d   Kaare, M ^e   Dye, C ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d The Thicket   (United Kingdom)

^e Min of Agriculture and Cooperatives   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Dog canine distempervirus; Epidemiology; Kenya; Serengeti; Serology; Tanzania; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DOG; EPIDEMIC; KENYA; LION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; SEROLOGY; TANZANIA; VIRUS INFECTION; WILDLIFE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DISTEMPER; DISTEMPER VIRUS, CANINE; DOGS; FEMALE; LIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TANZANIA;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMALIA; CANINE DISTEMPER VIRUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; DISTEMPER VIRUS; DNA VIRUSES; PANTHERA LEO;

EID: 0034654391     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(99)00207-2     Document Type: Article

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