Examining effects of persistent retroviral infection on fitness and pathogen susceptibility in a natural feline host

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 365-373

  Biek, Roman ^a,d   Ruth, Toni K ^b   Murphy, Kerry M ^b   Anderson Jr , Charles R ^c   Poss, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; RANDOM PROCESSES; VIRUSES;

DEMOGRAPHY; PATHOGEN SUSCEPTIBILITY; RETROVIRAL INFECTION; STOCHASTIC SIMULATIONS;

PATHOLOGY;

DISEASE; FECUNDITY; FITNESS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MAMMAL; PATHOGENICITY; PERSISTENCE; VIRAL DISEASE;

ANIMALIA; FELIDAE; PUMA CONCOLOR;

EID: 33744957866     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z06-006     Document Type: Article

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