Ecologic studies of rodent reservoirs: their relevance for human health.

Within the past few years, the number of "new" human diseases associated with small-mammal reservoirs has increased dramatically, stimulating renewed interest in reservoir ecology research. A consistent, integrative approach to such research allows direct comparisons between studies, contributes to the efficient use of resources and data, and increases investigator safety. We outline steps directed toward understanding vertebrate host ecology as it relates to human disease and illustrate the relevance of each step by using examples from studies of hosts associated with rodent-borne hemorrhagic fever viruses.

• Publication year

  1998

• Venue

  Emerging Infectious Diseases

• Publication date

  1998-10-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.3201/EID0404.980403PMID 9866729PMCID 2640244
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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