Effects of rodent community diversity and composition on prevalence of an endemic bacterial pathogen - bartonella

Biodiversity

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 3-11

  Bai, Y ^a   Kosoy, M Y ^a   Calisher, C H ^b   Cully, J F ^c,d   Collinge, S K ^e  

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

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bartonella; Community diversity; Community richness; Dilution effect; Dominant species; Rodents; Shannon diversity index

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARTONELLA; RODENTIA;

EID: 77649331962     PISSN: 14888386     EISSN: 21600651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14888386.2009.9712856     Document Type: Article

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