Predictability of anthrax infection in the Serengeti, Tanzania

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1333-1344

  Hampson, Katie ^a   Lembo, Tiziana ^a   Bessell, Paul ^a   Auty, Harriet ^a   Packer, Craig ^b   Halliday, Jo ^a   Beesley, Cari A ^c   Fyumagwa, Robert ^d   Hoare, Richard ^d   Ernest, Eblate ^d   Mentzel, Christine ^e   Metzger, Kristine L ^f   Mlengeya, Titus ^g   Stamey, Karen ^c   Roberts, Keith ^h   Wilkins, Patricia P ^c   Cleaveland, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d TANZANIA WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^e ENDANGERED WILDLIFE TRUST   (South Africa)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^g Tanzania National Parks   (Tanzania)

^h Friedkin Conservation Fund ^*  (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Bacillus anthracis; Disease ecology; Exposure; Infectious disease; Multihost; Serology; Surveillance; Susceptibility; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAX; ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIUM; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SPREAD; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HEALTH RISK; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; INFECTIVITY; LIVESTOCK; NATURE CONSERVATION; PATHOGEN; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SERUM; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VACCINATION;

SERENGETI; TANZANIA;

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS;

EID: 80055071656     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2011.02030.x     Document Type: Article

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