Phocine distemper virus in the North and European Seas - Data and models, nature and nurture

Biological Conservation

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 221-229

  Hall, Ailsa J ^a   Jepson, Paul D ^b   Goodman, Simon J ^c   Härkönen, Tero ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Disease; Epidemic; Harbour seal; Infection; Mathematical modelling; PDV

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PINNIPED; VIRAL DISEASE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH SEA; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

CANINE DISTEMPER VIRUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; HALICHOERUS GRYPUS; MEASLES VIRUS; MONACHUS SCHAUINSLANDI; MORBILLIVIRUS; PHOCA; PHOCA VITULINA; PHOCIDAE; PHOCINE DISTEMPER VIRUS;

EID: 33744943252     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2006.04.008     Document Type: Article

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