Hotspots: Are some areas of sewer network prone to re-infestation by rats (Rattus norvegicus) year after year?

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 41-48

  Channon, D ^a   Channon, E ^a   Roberts, T ^a   Haines, R ^a  

^a Microbee Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CITY; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; NONHUMAN; RAT; SEWER; SPECIES HABITAT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; LONDON; PEST CONTROL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RATS; SEWAGE;

EID: 30844471569     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268805004607     Document Type: Article

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