Frequent and seasonally variable sublethal anthrax infections are accompanied by short-lived immunity in an endemic system

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1078-1090

  Cizauskas, Carrie A ^a,b   Bellan, Steven E ^a,c   Turner, Wendy C ^a,d   Vance, Russell E ^e   Getz, Wayne M ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antibody persistence; Bacteria; Ecological immunology; ELISA; Endoparasites; Host parasite interactions; Microbiology; Microparasites; Seroconversion dynamics; Serology

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BACTERIAL DISEASE; BIOASSAY; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENDOPARASITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNITY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MAMMAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONALITY;

ETOSHA NATIONAL PARK; NAMIBIA;

ANTIDORCAS MARSUPIALIS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ELEPHANTIDAE; EQUIDAE; EQUUS BURCHELLII; EQUUS QUAGGA; EQUUS SUBG. HIPPOTIGRIS; LOXODONTA; LOXODONTA AFRICANA;

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANIMAL; ANTELOPE; ANTHRAX; BLOOD; ELEPHANT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EQUIDAE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NAMIBIA; SEASON; VETERINARY;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANIMALS; ANTELOPES; ANTHRAX; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ELEPHANTS; EQUIDAE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; NAMIBIA; SEASONS;

EID: 84906313825     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12207     Document Type: Article

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