Epidemiology and fitness effects of wood mouse herpesvirus in a natural host population

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 93, Issue PART 11, 2012, Pages 2447-2456

  Knowles, Sarah C L ^a,c   Fenton, Andy ^b   Pedersen, Amy B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATERNAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; APODEMUS SYLVATICUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAMMAHERPESVIRINAE; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; MYODES GLAREOLUS; NATURAL HOST; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ARVICOLINAE; FEMALE; GAMMAHERPESVIRINAE; GREAT BRITAIN; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MURINAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84867516329     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: 14652099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.044826-0     Document Type: Article

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