Human behavior influences infectious disease emergence at the human-animal interface

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 522-526

  Alexander, Kathleen A ^a,b   McNutt, J Weldon ^c  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b and Land use   (Botswana)

^c Predator Conservation Trust   (Botswana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CANID; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DOMESTIC SPECIES; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GRAZING; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

BOTSWANA; KENYA;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; LYCAON PICTUS;

EID: 78650070874     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/090057     Document Type: Article

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