Spatial clustering of murid rodents infected with hantaviruses: Implications from meta-analyses

Ecological Applications

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 565-574

  Root, J Jeffrey ^a,g   Wilson, Kenneth R ^a   Calisher, Charles H ^a   Wagoner, Kent D ^b   Abbott, Ken D ^c   Yates, Terry L ^d   Kuenzi, Amy J ^e,h   Morrison, Michael L ^e,i   Mills, James N ^f   Beaty, Barry J ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b Lockheed Martin Info Technology   (United States)

^c Yavapai College   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^f CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^g NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^h MONTANA TECH OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bunyaviridae; El Moro Canyon virus; Hantaviruses; Limestone Canyon virus; Meta analysis; MRPP; Muridae; Peromyscus; Reithrodontomys; Sin Nombre virus; Space use

Indexed keywords

DISEASE SPREAD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; RODENT; SPACE USE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

HANTAVIRUS; PEROMYSCUS BOYLII; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS; PEROMYSCUS TRUEI; REITHRODONTOMYS MEGALOTIS;

EID: 20144388332     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-5293     Document Type: Article

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