Effects of land use on plague (Yersinia pestis) activity in rodents in Tanzania

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 776-783

  McCauley, Douglas J ^a   Salkeld, Daniel J ^b   Young, Hillary S ^a   Makundi, Rhodes ^c   Dirzo, Rodolfo ^b   Eckerlin, Ralph P ^d   Lambin, Eric F ^b   Gaffikin, Lynne ^b   Barry, Michele ^b   Helgen, Kristofer M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^d NORTHERN VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE   (United States)

^e DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; INFECTION RISK; LAND USE; MASTOMYS NATALENSIS; NONHUMAN; PLAGUE; PREVALENCE; RODENT; SEROPREVALENCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TANZANIA; YERSINIA PESTIS; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DNA BARCODING; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; FLEA; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; RODENT DISEASES; TRANSMISSION; VETERINARY; ZOONOSIS;

MASTOMYS NATALENSIS; RODENTIA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); YERSINIA PESTIS;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA BARCODING, TAXONOMIC; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; PLAGUE; PREVALENCE; RODENT DISEASES; RODENTIA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SIPHONAPTERA; TANZANIA; YERSINIA PESTIS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84926370065     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: 14761645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0504     Document Type: Article

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