Cyclic hantavirus epidemics in humans - Predicted by rodent host dynamics

Epidemics

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 101-107

  Kallio, Eva R ^a   Begon, Michael ^a   Henttonen, Heikki ^b   Koskela, Esa ^c   Mappes, Tapio ^c   Vaheri, Antti ^d   Vapalahti, Olli ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bank vole cycles; Ecology; Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome; Rodent borne disease; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUUMALA VIRUS; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; VIRUS INFECTION; VOLE; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ARVICOLINAE; ECOSYSTEM; FINLAND; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HANTAVIRUS; HANTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER WITH RENAL SYNDROME; HUMANS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PUUMALA VIRUS; REGISTRIES; RODENT DISEASES; SEASONS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 67649380730     PISSN: 17554365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epidem.2009.03.002     Document Type: Article

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