Urban domestic dog populations as a source of canine distemper virus for wild carnivores in the Coquimbo region of Chile

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 152, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 247-257

  Acosta Jamett, G ^a,b,c   Chalmers, W S K ^d   Cunningham, A A ^b   Cleaveland, S ^e   Handel, I G ^a   Bronsvoort, B M deC ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^d Walton Manor   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Canine distemper virus; Domestic dog; Risk factors; Urban areas; Wild carnivores

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANINE DISTEMPER MORBILLIVIRUS; CARNIVORE; CHILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FOX; HEALTH SURVEY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION SIZE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEROPREVALENCE; URBAN AREA; VIRUS INFECTION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CARNIVORA; CHILE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISTEMPER; DISTEMPER VIRUS, CANINE; DOGS; FEMALE; FOXES; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

CANIDAE; CANINE DISTEMPER VIRUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 80051811732     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2011.05.008     Document Type: Article

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