Quantifying microbe transmission networks for wild and domestic ungulates in Kenya

Biological Conservation

Volumn 169, Issue , 2014, Pages 136-146

  VanderWaal, Kimberly L ^a,b   Atwill, Edward R ^a   Isbell, Lynne A ^a   McCowan, Brenda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Cattle; Genotyping; Interspecific transmission; Microbial genetics; Pathogen transmission; Social network analysis; Super spreaders; Wildlife disease; Wildlife livestock interface

Indexed keywords

COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; PATHOGEN; SOCIAL NETWORK; UNGULATE; WILD POPULATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

KENYA;

BOS; EQUUS BURCHELLII; EQUUS SUBG. HIPPOTIGRIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAZELLA GRANTI; UNGULATA;

EID: 84888423133     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2013.11.008     Document Type: Article

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