Low-coverage vaccination strategies for the conservation of endangered species

Nature

Volumn 443, Issue 7112, 2006, Pages 692-695

  Haydon, D T ^a   Randall, D A ^b,c   Matthews, L ^d   Knobel, D L ^c,d   Tallents, L A ^b,c   Gravenor, M B ^e   Williams, S D ^b,c   Pollinger, J P ^f   Cleaveland, S ^d   Woolhouse, M E J ^g   Sillero Zubiri, C ^b,c   Marino, J ^b,c   Macdonald, D W ^b   Laurenson, M K ^c,d,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c ETHIOPIAN WOLF CONSERVATION PROGRAMME   (Ethiopia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^h Frankfurt Zoological Society Arusha   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DISEASES; POPULATION STATISTICS; VACCINES;

INFECTIOUS AGENTS; METAPOPULATION PERSISTENCE; REPRODUCTION;

IMMUNOLOGY;

CANID; DISEASE CONTROL; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; METAPOPULATION; RABIES; SPECIES CONSERVATION; VACCINATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; METAPOPULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABIES; REPRODUCTION; VACCINATION; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION; WOLF;

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS SIMENSIS;

EID: 33749864846     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05177     Document Type: Article

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