Biogeographic and ecological regulation of disease: Prevalence of Sin Nombre Virus in island mice is related to island area, precipitation, and predator richness

American Naturalist

Volumn 177, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 691-697

  Orrock, John L ^a   Allan, Brian F ^b   Drost, Charles A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

California Channel Islands; Disease ecology; Habitat area; Hantavirus; Predators; Sin Nombre virus

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; HANTAVIRUS INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOUSE; NOTE; PEROMYSCUS; PREVALENCE; SIN NOMBRE VIRUS; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; HANTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; MICE; PEROMYSCUS; PREVALENCE; RAIN; SIN NOMBRE VIRUS;

ANIMALIA; HANTAVIRUS; NESOMYS RUFUS; PEROMYSCUS; RODENTIA; SIN NOMBRE VIRUS;

EID: 79955411813     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/659632     Document Type: Note

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