Chronic wasting disease: Possible transmission mechanisms in deer

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 250, Issue , 2013, Pages 244-257

  Potapov, Alex ^a   Merrill, Evelyn ^a   Pybus, Margo ^a,b   Coltman, David ^a   Lewis, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Alberta Sustainable Resource Development   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chronic wasting disease; Deer population model; Disease transmission; Frequency dependent transmission

Indexed keywords

ALBERTA , CANADA; CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE; DEER POPULATION; DIRECT CONTACT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FOOD INTAKE; FREQUENCY-DEPENDENT; INDIRECT CONTACT; SEASONAL DISTRIBUTIONS; SEASONALITY; SOCIAL GROUPS; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; TRANSMISSION MECHANISMS;

ECOLOGY;

CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE; DEER; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; MALE; PARAMETERIZATION; POPULATION MODELING; SEASONALITY; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS;

EID: 84871184000     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2012.11.012     Document Type: Article

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