Empirical assessment of a threshold model for sylvatic plague

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 4, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 649-657

  Davis, S ^a   Leirs, H ^a,b   Viljugrein, H ^c   Stenseth, N Chr ^c   De Bruyn, L ^a,d   Klassovskiy, N ^e   Ageyev, V ^e   Begon, M ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b Danish Pest Infestation Laboratory   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

^e Masgut Aikimbayev National Scientific Center for Especially Dangerous Infections of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Republic of Kazakhstan   (Kazakhstan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abundance threshold; Fade out; Invasion; Mathematical model; Vector borne disease; Yersinia pestis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EPIZOOTIOLOGY; FLEA; GERBIL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NONHUMAN; PLAGUE; SAMPLE SIZE; YERSINIA PESTIS;

GERBILLINAE; RHOMBOMYS OPIMUS; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 34547173284     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2006.0208     Document Type: Article

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