Urban habituation, ecological connectivity and epidemic dampening: The emergence of hendra virus from flying foxes (Pteropus spp.)

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1725, 2011, Pages 3703-3712

  Plowright, Raina K ^a,b,c   Foley, Patrick ^d   Field, Hume E ^e   Dobson, Andy P ^f   Foley, Janet E ^b   Eby, Peggy ^g   Daszak, Peter ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ECOHEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION   (Australia)

^f PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bat virus; Connectivity; Flying fox; Hendra virus; Metapopulation disease model; Pteropus

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BAT; BIOSAFETY; CONNECTIVITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EMERGENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EPIDEMIC; HABITUATION; HORSE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; IMMUNITY; METAPOPULATION; MIGRATION; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MORTALITY; PARAMETERIZATION; PATHOLOGY; PERIURBAN AREA; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; VIRUS;

AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; HENDRA VIRUS; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE; PTEROPODIDAE; PTEROPUS;

EID: 80855129623     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.0522     Document Type: Article

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