Epidemiology of rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus in the United Kingdom: Evidence for seasonal transmission by both virulent and avirulent modes of infection

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 555-567

  White, P J ^a,d   Trout, R C ^b   Moss, S R ^c   Desai, A ^c   Armesto, M ^c   Forrester, N L ^c   Gould, E A ^c   Hudson, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREEDING; CALICIVIRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; MALE; MARK RECAPTURE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION RESEARCH; RABBIT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEROPREVALENCE; SPECIES ENDEMICITY; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GREAT BRITAIN; HEMORRHAGIC DISEASE VIRUS, RABBIT; HEMORRHAGIC DISORDERS; RABBITS; SEASONS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 2642579927     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268804002109     Document Type: Article

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