Rodent community structure and andes virus infection in sylvan and peridomestic habitats in northwestern Patagonia, Argentina

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 315-324

  Piudo, Luciana ^a   Monteverde, Martin J ^a   Walker, R Susan ^b   Douglass, Richard J ^c  

^a Ctro de Ecologia Apl del Neuquen   (Argentina)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Argentina)

^c MONTANA TECH OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; Habitat modification; Hantavirus; Oligoryzomys longicaudatus; Temporal fluctuations

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANDES VIRUS; ANDES VIRUS INFECTION; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HABITAT; HANTAVIRUS; HANTAVIRUS INFECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERIDOMESTIC HABITAT; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICE RAT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SYLVAN HABITAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ARGENTINA; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; HANTAVIRUS; HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVALENCE; RODENT DISEASES; SIGMODONTINAE; TREES; ZOONOSES;

ANDES VIRUS; HANTAVIRUS; OLIGORYZOMYS LONGICAUDATUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 79953228085     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2009.0242     Document Type: Article

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