Detecting signals of chronic shedding to explain pathogen persistence: Leptospira interrogans in California sea lions

Abstract

Identifying mechanisms driving pathogen persistence is a vital component of wildlife disease ecology and control. Asymptomatic, chronically infected individuals are an oft‐cited potential reservoir of infection, but demonstrations of the importance of chronic shedding to pathogen persistence at the population‐level remain scarce.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Apr 03, 2017
Source ID
10.1111/1365-2656.12656

Entities

People

  • Christopher C. Strelioff
  • Denise J. Greig
  • Frances M.d. Gulland
  • James O. Lloyd‐smith
  • Jeff L. Laake
  • Katherine C. Prager
  • Michael G Buhnerkempe
  • Robert L. Delong
  • Sharon R. Melin

Organizations

  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Marine Mammal Laboratory
  • National Science Foundation
  • The Marine Mammal Center
  • United States Department of Defense
  • University of California, Los Angeles

Tags

Readers

  • Educational Psychology
  • Virology (or Medical Virology).
  • Wetland-Land-Environmental Management.