Plague Circulation and Population Genetics of the Reservoir Rattus rattus: The Influence of Topographic Relief on the Distribution of the Disease within the Madagascan Focus

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Brouat, Carine ^a   Rahelinirina, Soanandrasana ^b   Loiseau, Anne ^a   Rahalison, Lila ^b,f   Rajerison, Minoariso ^b   Laffly, Dominique ^c,d   Handschumacher, Pascal ^e   Duplantier, Jean Marc ^a  

^a CENTRE DE BIOLOGIE ET DE GESTION DES POPULATIONS   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR DE MADAGASCAR   (Madagascar)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^d Laboratoire Geode   (France)

^e AIX MARSEILLE UNIV   (France)

^f CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; MADAGASCAR; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NONHUMAN; PLAGUE; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; POPULATION GENETICS; RAT; SEROPREVALENCE; TOPOGRAPHY; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; RODENT DISEASES; VETERINARY; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ANIMALS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; MADAGASCAR; PLAGUE; POPULATION DENSITY; RATS; RODENT DISEASES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 84879509775     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002266     Document Type: Article

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