Modelling human Puumala hantavirus infection in relation to bank vole abundance and masting intensity in the Netherlands

This paper deals with modelling the relationship between human Puumala hantavirus (PUUV) infection, the abundance and prevalence of infection of the host (the bank vole), mast, and temperature. These data were used to build and parametrise generalised regression models, and parametrise them using da...

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Main Authors: Arno Swart, Dick L. Bekker, Miriam Maas, Ankje de Vries, Roan Pijnacker, Chantal B. E. M. Reusken, Joke W. B. van der Giessen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2017-01-01
Series:Infection Ecology & Epidemiology
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20008686.2017.1287986