Contact heterogeneity in deer mice: Implications for Sin Nombre virus transmission

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1660, 2009, Pages 1305-1312

  Clay, Christine A ^a   Lehmer, Erin M ^b   Previtali, Andrea ^c   St Jeor, Stephen ^d   Dearing, M Denise ^c  

^a WESTMINSTER COLLEGE   (United States)

^b FORT LEWIS COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

20 80 Rule; Deer mice; Directly transmitted pathogen; Host heterogeneity; Peromyscus maniculatus; Sin Nombre virus

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HETEROGENEITY; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; RODENT; VIRUS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PEROMYSCUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIN NOMBRE VIRUS; UNITED STATES; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME; RODENT DISEASE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

BASIN AND RANGE PROVINCE; GREAT BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS; SIN NOMBRE VIRUS;

ANIMALS; HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME; MALE; PEROMYSCUS; RODENT DISEASES; SIN NOMBRE VIRUS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 64849083316     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1693     Document Type: Article

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