Host condition and individual risk of cowpox virus infection in natural animal populations: Cause or effect?

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 137, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1295-1301

  Beldomenico, P M ^a,b,c   Telfer, S ^a   Lukomski, L ^a   Gebert, S ^a   Bennett, M ^a   Begon, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

^c WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cowpox; Disease ecology; Microtus; Population dynamics; Wildlife disease

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COWPOX VIRUS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ECOLOGY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEROCONVERSION; SEX DIFFERENCE; VIRUS INFECTION; WILDLIFE;

ANEMIA; ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COWPOX; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEX FACTORS; TREES;

EID: 69949112844     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268808001866     Document Type: Article

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