Comparison of the 1988 and 2002 phocine distemper epizootics British harbour seal Phoca vitulina populations

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 183-188

  Lonergan, Mike ^a   Hall, Ailsa ^a   Thompson, Hal ^b   Thompson, Paul M ^c   Pomeroy, Paddy ^a   Harwood, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemic; Epidemiology; Mathematical model; Pinniped

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE SPREAD; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FISHERY SURVEY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HAULOUT BEHAVIOUR; MORTALITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PINNIPED; POPULATION ESTIMATION; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; VIRUS;

ENGLAND; MORAY FIRTH; ORKNEY; SCOTLAND; THE WASH; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALIA; PHOCA; PHOCA VITULINA; PINNIPEDIA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CANINE DISTEMPER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MEASLES VIRUS; PHOCA; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; DISTEMPER; DISTEMPER VIRUS, PHOCINE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; MALE; PHOCA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77951627800     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao02153     Document Type: Article

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