Colorado animal-based plague surveillance systems: Relationships between targeted animal species and prediction efficacy of areas at risk for humans

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 22-31

  Lowell, Jennifer L ^a,b   Eisen, Rebecca J ^a   Schotthoefer, Anna M ^a   Xiaocheng, Liang ^a   Montenieri, John A ^a   Tanda, Dale ^c   Pape, John ^c   Schriefer, Martin E ^a   Antolin, Michael F ^b   Gage, Kenneth L ^a  

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

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

^c Colorado Department of Health and Environment ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Chipmunks; Plague surveillance; Yersinia pestis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAT; COYOTE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; FLEA; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LAGOMORPH; MICROBIOLOGY; PLAGUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCIURIDAE; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SIGMODONTINAE; UNITED STATES; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ANIMALS; CATS; COLORADO; COYOTES; DISEASE VECTORS; DOGS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; LAGOMORPHA; PLAGUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCIURIDAE; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SIGMODONTINAE; SIPHONAPTERA; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LATRANS; CYNOMYS; CYNOMYS LEUCURUS; CYNOMYS LUDOVICIANUS; FELIS CATUS; LEPORIDAE; LEPUS; MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 68949169223     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3376/038.034.0104     Document Type: Article

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