The canine distemper epidemic in Serengeti: Are lions victims of a new highly virulent canine distemper virus strain, or is pathogen circulation stochasticity to blame?

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 4, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 1127-1134

  Guiserix, Micheline ^a   Bahi Jaber, Narges ^a   Fouchet, David ^a   Sauvage, Frank ^a   Pontier, Dominique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Canine distemper virus; Infectious disease re emergence; Lion Panthera leo; Population immunity level; Stochastic model

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANINE DISTEMPER MORBILLIVIRUS; DOG DISEASE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; PANTHERA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RESERVOIR; STOCHASTIC MODEL; TANZANIA; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

CANINE DISTEMPER VIRUS; PANTHERA LEO;

EID: 37349094895     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2007.0235     Document Type: Article

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