Epidemics of squirrelpox virus disease in red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris): Temporal and serological findings

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 257-265

  Carroll, B ^a   Russell, P ^b   Gurnell, J ^c   Nettleton, P ^d   Sainsbury, A W ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INCUBATION TIME; MALE; NONHUMAN; POXVIRUS; SEROLOGY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SQUIRREL; SQUIRRELPOX VIRUS; SQUIRRELPOX VIRUS DISEASE; TELEMETRY; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS VIRULENCE; AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CHORDOPOXVIRINAE; EPIDEMIC; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PATHOLOGY; POXVIRUS INFECTION; RODENT DISEASE; SCIURIDAE; TIME; VIROLOGY;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CHORDOPOXVIRINAE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE INCUBATION PERIOD; MALE; POXVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; RODENT DISEASES; SCIURIDAE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 61549097529     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268808000836     Document Type: Article

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