Estimating disease transmission in wildlife, with emphasis on leptospirosis and bovine tuberculosis in possums, and effects of fertility control

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1362-1370

  Caley, Peter ^a,b   Ramsey, Dave ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Leptospira interrogans; Modelling; Mycobacterium bovis; Trichosurus vulpecula

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ESTIMATION METHOD; MODELING;

ALOPIAS; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; PHALANGERIDAE; TRICHOSURUS; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 0035679097     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0021-8901.2001.00676.x     Document Type: Article

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