Estimating the potential impact of canine distemper virus on the Amur tiger population (Panthera tigris altaica) in Russia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Gilbert, Martin ^a,b   Miquelle, Dale G ^a   Goodrich, John M ^c   Reeve, Richard ^b   Cleaveland, Sarah ^b   Matthews, Louise ^b   Joly, Damien O ^a,d  

^a WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c PANTHERA   (United States)

^d METABIOTA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANINE DISTEMPER MORBILLIVIRUS; CARNIVORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PANTHERA TIGRIS ALTAICA; PARASITE PREVALENCE; POPULATION DENSITY DEPENDENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SPECIES COEXISTENCE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES EXTINCTION; STOCHASTIC MODEL; TIGER; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CANINE DISTEMPER VIRUS; DISEASE CARRIER; DISTEMPER; LITTER SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; SURVIVAL; TRANSMISSION; USSR; VIROLOGY;

CANINE DISTEMPER VIRUS; PANTHERA TIGRIS ALTAICA;

ANIMALS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DISTEMPER; DISTEMPER VIRUS, CANINE; DOGS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FEMALE; LITTER SIZE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RUSSIA (PRE-1917); SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIGERS;

EID: 84908583829     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0110811     Document Type: Article

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