Local persistence and extinction of plague in a metapopulation of great gerbil burrows, Kazakhstan

Epidemics

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 211-218

  Schmid, B V ^a,c   Jesse, M ^a   Wilschut, L I ^a   Viljugrein, H ^b,c   Heesterbeek, J A P ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Hotspots (microfoci); Metapopulation; Plague persistence; Yersinia pestis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GERBIL; KAZAKHSTAN; METAPOPULATION; NONHUMAN; PLAGUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; GERBILLINAE; INSECT VECTORS; KAZAKHSTAN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLAGUE; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; SIPHONAPTERA; TIME FACTORS; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 84872390426     PISSN: 17554365     EISSN: 18780067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epidem.2012.12.003     Document Type: Article

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