Epidemiology of squirrelpox virus in grey squirrels in the UK

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 138, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 941-950

  Bruemmer, C M ^a   Rushton, S P ^a   Gurnell, J ^b   Lurz, P W W ^a   Nettleton, P ^c   Sainsbury, A W ^d   Duff, J P ^e   Gilray, J ^c   McInnes, C J ^c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^e VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emerging infectious disease; Sciurus carolinensis; Squirrelpox virus; Structural equation modelling

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; LINEAR SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; POXVIRUS; POXVIRUS INFECTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPRING; SQUIRREL; SQUIRRELPOX VIRUS; SQUIRRELPOX VIRUS INFECTION; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEATHER;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; ENGLAND; FEMALE; MALE; PARAPOXVIRUS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POXVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; RODENT DISEASES; SCIURIDAE; SCOTLAND; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; WEATHER;

EID: 77953612835     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268810000816     Document Type: Article

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