Rabies virus and canine distemper virus in wild and domestic carnivores in Northern Kenya: Are domestic dogs the reservoir?

EcoHealth

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 483-498

  Prager, K C ^a   Mazet, Jonna A K ^a   Dubovi, Edward J ^b   Frank, Laurence G ^c,d   Munson, Linda ^a   Wagner, Aaron P ^e   Woodroffe, Rosie ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c Living with Lions Panthera   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

canine distemper virus; disease dynamics; domestic dog; pathogen reservoir; rabies virus; wild African carnivore

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CANIDAE; CANINE DISTEMPER MORBILLIVIRUS; CARNIVORA; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KENYA; RABIES VIRUS; SEROLOGY; VIROLOGY; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CANIDAE; CARNIVORA; DISTEMPER VIRUS, CANINE; HUMANS; KENYA; RABIES VIRUS; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

CANIDAE; CANINE DISTEMPER VIRUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS MESOMELAS; CROCUTA CROCUTA; HYAENA HYAENA; LYCAON PICTUS; PANTHERA; PANTHERA LEO; RABIES VIRUS;

EID: 84877791821     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-013-0815-9     Document Type: Article

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