Transmission ecology of rodent-borne diseases: New frontiers

Integrative Zoology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 424-435

  Bordes, Frédéric ^a   Blasdell, Kim ^b   Morand, Serge ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Dilution effect; Multi infection; Rodent borne diseases; Transmission ecology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; RODENT; RODENT DISEASE; TRANSMISSION; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; RODENT DISEASES; RODENTIA; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84942247351     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17494877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1749-4877.12149     Document Type: Review

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