Poxviral disease in red squirrels sciurus vulgaris in the UK: Spatial and temporal trends of an emerging threat

EcoHealth

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 305-316

  Sainsbury, Anthony W ^a   Deaville, Robert ^a   Lawson, Becki ^a   Cooley, William A ^b   Farelly, Stephan S J ^b   Stack, Michael J ^b   Duff, Paul ^b   McInnes, Colin J ^c   Gurnell, John ^d   Russell, Peter H ^e   Rushton, Stephen P ^f   Pfeiffer, Dirk U ^e   Nettleton, Peter ^c   Lurz, Peter W W ^f  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^f NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apparent competition; Conservation; Invasive species; Sciuridae

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMPIRICISM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HABITAT; IMMUNITY; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; POXVIRUS INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUIRREL; SURVIVAL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; UNITED KINGDOM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; SCIURIDAE; SEX RATIO; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALIA; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS CAROLINENSIS; SCIURUS VULGARIS; SQUIRREL PARAPOXVIRUS; TAMIASCIURUS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GREAT BRITAIN; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; POXVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; SCIURIDAE; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 64049109159     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-008-0191-z     Document Type: Article

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