Distinguishing epidemic waves from disease spillover in a wildlife population

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1663, 2009, Pages 1777-1785

  Craft, Meggan E ^a   Volz, Erik ^b,c   Packer, Craig ^a   Meyers, Lauren Ancel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

African lion; Canine distemper virus; Network model; Percolation; Serengeti; Wildlife disease model

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; DISEASE SPREAD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FELID; MORTALITY; VIRAL DISEASE; WILD POPULATION;

ARTICLE; CANINE DISTEMPER MORBILLIVIRUS; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNECOLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SERENGETI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

CANIDAE; CANINE DISTEMPER VIRUS;

EID: 66149184549     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1636     Document Type: Article

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