Wildlife trade and the emergence of infectious diseases

EcoHealth

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 25-30

  Swift, Louise ^a   Hunter, Paul R ^a   Lees, Alexander C ^b   Bell, Diana J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Bushmeat; Epidemic; Transmission coefficient

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HUNTING; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; INFECTION; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; WILDLIFE; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 34247210679     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-006-0076-y     Document Type: Article

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