Monitoring the spread of myxoma virus in rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus populations on the southern tablelands of New South Wales, Australia. III. Release, persistence and rate of spread of an identifiable strain of myxoma virus

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 135-147

  Merchant, J C ^a   Kerr, P J ^a   Simms, N G ^a   Hood, G M ^a   Pech, R P ^a   Robinson, A J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANIMAL TRAPPING; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FLEA; HABITAT SELECTION; INFECTION RATE; INOCULATION; MYXOMA VIRUS; MYXOMATOSIS; NONHUMAN; PERSISTENT VIRUS INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION BIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RABBIT; SPRING; TIME; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; FEMALE; FLEAS; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; MYXOMA VIRUS; MYXOMATOSIS, INFECTIOUS; NEW SOUTH WALES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION CONTROL; RABBITS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0037323844     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268802007847     Document Type: Article

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