Evidence for the involvement of an alternate rodent host in the dynamics of introduced plague in prairie dogs

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 807-817

  Stapp, Paul ^a   Salkeld, Daniel J ^a,b,e   Franklin, Heather A ^a   Kraft, John P ^a   Tripp, Daniel W ^c   Antolin, Michael F ^c   Gage, Kenneth L ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IUCN The World Conservation Union   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecology of vector borne diseases; Epizootic enzootic cycles; Host parasite relationships; Invasive diseases; Multi host pathogens

Indexed keywords

CANID; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FLEA; FUNGUS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; RODENT; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FLEA; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; PLAGUE; SCIURIDAE; TIME; UNITED STATES; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ANIMALS; COLORADO; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MICE; PLAGUE; SCIURIDAE; SIPHONAPTERA; TIME FACTORS; YERSINIA PESTIS;

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CTENOCEPHALIDES CANIS; CYNOMYS; CYNOMYS LUDOVICIANUS; MUS; ONYCHOMYS; ONYCHOMYS LEUCOGASTER; OROPSYLLA; RODENTIA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 66749147799     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2009.01541.x     Document Type: Article

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