Transmission dynamics and prospects for the elimination of canine rabies.

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Published in PLoS Biol on March 10, 2009

Authors

Katie Hampson1, Jonathan Dushoff, Sarah Cleaveland, Daniel T Haydon, Magai Kaare, Craig Packer, Andy Dobson

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA. K.Hampson@Shef.ac.uk

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