Assessment of Rhodamine B for labelling the plague reservoir Rattus rattus in Madagascar

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 662-666

  Rahelinirina, Soanandrasana ^a   Duplantier, Jean Marc ^b   Ratsimba, Mamy ^a   Ratovonjato, Jocelyn ^a   Ramilijaona, Olga ^c   Papillon, Yves ^b   Rahalison, Lila ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR DE MADAGASCAR   (Madagascar)

^b CENTRE DE BIOLOGIE ET DE GESTION DES POPULATIONS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

Author keywords

Madagascar; Mass marking; Plague; Rattus rattus; Rhodamine B

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BAIT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE SPREAD; DISEASE VECTOR; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FIELD SURVEY; LABORATORY METHOD; MOVEMENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RODENT;

MADAGASCAR;

EID: 77955780879     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2009.01162.x     Document Type: Article

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