Using contact networks to explore mechanisms of parasite transmission in wildlife

Biological Reviews

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 389-409

  White, Lauren A ^a   Forester, James D ^a   Craft, Meggan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

contact network; contact network epidemiology; disease modelling; parasite; pathogen; social network; transmission; wildlife

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PARASITE; TRANSMISSION; TRENDS;

ANIMALS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PARASITES; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL;

EID: 84950156053     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/brv.12236     Document Type: Article

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