Changes in Sin Nombre virus antibody prevalence in deer mice across seasons: The interaction between habitat, sex, and infection in deer mice

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 819-824

  Pearce Duvet, Jessica M C ^a   St Jeor, Stephen C ^b   Boone, John D ^b   Dearing, M Denise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Deer mouse; Frequency dependent transmission; Habitat quality; Peromyscus maniculatus; Seasonality; Sin Nombre virus

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; MUS; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS; SIN NOMBRE VIRUS;

EID: 33846929657     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-42.4.819     Document Type: Article

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