Flying-fox species density - A spatial risk factor for Hendra virus infection in horses in eastern Australia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Smith, Craig ^a   Skelly, Chris ^a,d   Kung, Nina ^a   Roberts, Billie ^b   Field, Hume ^a,c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ECOHEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

^d GIS People Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; DISTANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHICALLY WEIGHTED REGRESSION; HENDRA VIRUS; HENDRA VIRUS INFECTION; HORSE; HUMIDITY; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDICTION; PTEROPUS ALECTO; PTEROPUS CONSPICILLATUS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATION ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE; VEGETATION; ANIMAL; BAT; DISEASE CARRIER; HENIPAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HORSE DISEASES; TRANSMISSION; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; HENDRA VIRUS; HENIPAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; NEW SOUTH WALES; QUEENSLAND; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84903281201     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0099965     Document Type: Article

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