Identifying reservoirs of infection: A conceptual and practical challenge

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1468-1473

  Haydon, Daniel T ^a,b   Cleaveland, Sarah ^a   Taylor, Louise H ^a   Laurenson, M Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOST; INFECTION CONTROL; REVIEW; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 0036913465     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0812.010317     Document Type: Review

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