Community ecology of small mammal populations in Panamá following an outbreak of Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 177-191

  Ruedas, Luis A ^a   Salazar Bravo, Jorge ^b   Tinnin, David S ^c   Armién, Blas ^d   Cáceres, Lorenzo ^d   García, Arsenio ^d   Ávila Díaz, Mario ^e   Gracia, Fernando ^d   Suzán, Gerardo ^f   Peters, C J ^g   Yates, Terry L ^f   Mills, James N ^h  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^d Instituto Commemorative Gorgas de Estudios de la Salud   (Panama)

^e Minesterio de Salud   (Panama)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^g University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Calabazo virus; Choclo virus; Hantavirus ecology; Muridae; Panama; Sigmodontinae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FORESTRY; HANTAVIRUS; HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME; HUMAN; MALE; MURIDAE; PANAMA; PATHOGENICITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FORESTRY; HANTAVIRUS; HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; MURIDAE; PANAMA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RISK FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; ARUNDINARIA; BOS TAURUS; CALABAZO VIRUS; CHOCLO VIRUS; CONVICT CREEK 107 VIRUS; HANTAVIRUS; MAMMALIA; MURIDAE; ORYZOMYS PALUSTRIS NATATOR; RODENTIA; SIGMODONTINAE; ZYGODONTOMYS; ZYGODONTOMYS BREVICAUDA;

EID: 3042622440     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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