Movement Patterns of Small Rodents in Lassa Fever-Endemic Villages in Guinea

EcoHealth

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 348-359

  Mariën, Joachim ^a   Kourouma, Fodé ^b   Magassouba, N’Faly ^b   Leirs, Herwig ^a   Fichet Calvet, Elisabeth ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b Laboratoire des Fièvres Hémorragiques   (Guinea)

^c BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Capture mark recapture; Lassa virus; Mastomys natalensis; Rhodamine B; Rodent control

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; DISEASE CARRIER; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GUINEA; HUMAN; LASSA FEVER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RODENT CONTROL; RODENT DISEASE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; VETERINARY MEDICINE; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; GUINEA; HUMANS; LASSA FEVER; RODENT CONTROL; RODENT DISEASES; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 85044349706     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-018-1331-8     Document Type: Article

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