Rabies and Canine Distemper Virus Epidemics in the Red Fox Population of Northern Italy (2006-2010)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Nouvellet, Pierre ^a   Donnelly, Christl A ^a   De Nardi, Marco ^b   Rhodes, Chris J ^a   De Benedictis, Paola ^b   Citterio, Carlo ^c   Obber, Federica ^c   Lorenzetto, Monica ^c   Pozza, Manuela Dalla ^c   Cauchemez, Simon ^a   Cattoli, Giovanni ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Centre collaborateur de l'Organisation mondiale de la santé animale   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE VENEZIE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANINE DISTEMPER MORBILLIVIRUS; COMPARTMENT MODEL; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INFECTION CONTROL; ITALY; NONHUMAN; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; VACCINATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VULPES VULPES;

ANIMALS; DISTEMPER; DISTEMPER VIRUS, CANINE; EPIDEMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FOXES; ITALY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RABIES;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANINE DISTEMPER VIRUS; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 84876440914     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0061588     Document Type: Article

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