Which mechanisms drive seasonal rabies outbreaks in raccoons? A test using dynamic social network models

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 804-813

  Hirsch, Ben T ^a,b   Reynolds, Jennifer J H ^c   Gehrt, Stanley D ^d   Craft, Meggan E ^c  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

contact network; epidemiological modelling; host pathogen interactions; infectious disease management; network modelling; proximity collar; rabies; raccoon; seasonality; transmission dynamics; wildlife disease

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MUSTELID; PUBLIC HEALTH; RABIES; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; SOCIAL NETWORK; THERMOREGULATION;

UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; PROCYON;

EID: 84999766408     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12628     Document Type: Article

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