Modeling the impact of Ebola and bushmeat hunting on western lowland gorillas

EcoHealth

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 151-155

  Rizkalla, Carol ^a,c   Blanco Silva, Francisco ^b   Gruver, Stephanie ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DISNEY S ANIMAL KINGDOM   (United States)

Author keywords

Bushmeat; Ebola; Epidemiology; Gorilla; SIR model

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONGO; EBOLA VIRUS; EPIDEMIC; GORILLA; MEAT; NONHUMAN; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALIA; GORILLA GORILLA GORILLA;

EID: 34447115650     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-007-0096-2     Document Type: Article

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