Plague metapopulation dynamics in a natural reservoir: The burrow system as the unit of study

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 135, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 740-748

  Davis, S ^a,e   Klassovskiy, N ^b   Ageyev, V ^b   Suleimenov, B ^b   Atshabar, B ^b   Klassovskaya, A ^b   Bennett, M ^c   Leirs, H ^a,d   Begon, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d Danish Pest Infestation Laboratory   (Denmark)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BURROWING SPECIES; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GERBIL; INFECTION RISK; KAZAKHSTAN; LANDSCAPE; METAPOPULATION; NONHUMAN; PLAGUE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ECOLOGY; GERBILLINAE; PLAGUE; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 34547436450     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095026880600759X     Document Type: Article

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