Are Carnivores Universally Good Sentinels of Plague?

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 491-496

  Brinkerhoff, R Jory ^a   Collinge, Sharon K ^a   Bai, Ying ^a,b   Ray, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Boulder County; Colorado; Cynomys ludovicianus; Disease ecology; Pathogen dispersal; Yersinia pestis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARNIVORE; CAT; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DOG; ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT; NONHUMAN; PLAGUE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ANIMALS; CARNIVORA; COLORADO; PLAGUE; SCIURIDAE; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; TIME FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYNOMYS; CYNOMYS LUDOVICIANUS; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 70350324266     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2008.0075     Document Type: Article

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