A model of Leptospirosis infection in an African rodent to determine risk to humans: Seasonal fluctuations and the impact of rodent control

Acta Tropica

Volumn 99, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 218-225

  Holt, J ^a   Davis, S ^b   Leirs, H ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c Danish Pest Infestation Laboratory   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Mastomys natalensis; Mathematical model; Population dynamics; Tanzania; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL LAND; DISEASE CONTROL; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MODELING; RODENT; SEASONALITY; TRAPPING;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TRAPPING; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; INFECTION RISK; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MASTOMYS; NONHUMAN; RAT; RODENT CONTROL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TANZANIA; URBAN AREA;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MURINAE; RODENT CONTROL; RODENT DISEASES; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS; TANZANIA; TROPICAL CLIMATE; URBAN POPULATION; ZOONOSES;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEPTOSPIRA; MASTOMYS NATALENSIS; RODENTIA;

EID: 33750519877     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2006.08.003     Document Type: Article

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