Temporal dynamics of rabies in a wildlife host and the risk of cross-species transmission

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 515-524

  Gordon, E R ^a   Curns, A T ^b   Krebs, J W ^b   Rupprecht, C E ^b   Real, L A ^a   Childs, J E ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CARNIVORA; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EPIZOOTIOLOGY; HOST; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; RACCOON; SPECIES INVASION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; VETERINARY MEDICINE; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CAT DISEASES; CATS; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MEPHITIDAE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEW YORK; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RABIES; RACCOONS; RISK FACTORS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 2642521203     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268804002067     Document Type: Article

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