Animal origins of SARS coronavirus: Possible links with the international trade in small carnivores

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 359, Issue 1447, 2004, Pages 1107-1114

  Bell, Diana ^a   Roberton, Scott ^a   Hunter, Paul R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Civets; Emerging zoonotic diseases; SARS; Small carnivores; Wildlife trade

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CARNIVORA; CORONAVIRUS; MUSTELIDAE; SARS CORONAVIRUS; VIVERRIDAE;

EID: 3242708710     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2004.1492     Document Type: Conference Paper

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