| maintenance of a microparasite infecting several host species: rabies in the serengeti. | whether and how microparasites such as rabies persist in their host populations are among the fundamental questions of infectious disease epidemiology. rabies is fatal disease of all mammalian species, but not all mammalian species can maintain the infection as reservoirs. the approach to control depends on which of the affected species do act as reservoirs. bringing together old and new data, we examine here the role of wild and domestic animals in maintaining rabies in the serengeti region of ... | 1995 | 8632923 |
| serological and demographic evidence for domestic dogs as a source of canine distemper virus infection for serengeti wildlife. | following an epidemic of canine distemper virus (cdv) in serengeti lions in 1994, the role of domestic dogs in the epidemiology of the disease was investigated by serological and demographic analyses. from 1992 to 1994, data were collected from two domestic dog populations bordering the serengeti national park. several lines of evidence indicated that patterns of cdv infection differed significantly between higher-density dog populations of serengeti district to the west of the park and lower-de ... | 2000 | 10727832 |
| a dog rabies vaccination campaign in rural africa: impact on the incidence of dog rabies and human dog-bite injuries. | despite the availability of safe and effective rabies vaccines, the incidence of dog rabies has been increasing throughout much of sub-saharan africa. here we describe a vaccination strategy that has resulted in successful control of rabies in a rural dog population of northwestern tanzania. from october 1996 to february 2001, four central-point dog vaccination campaigns were conducted in villages within serengeti district with a mean interval between campaigns of 338, 319 and 456 days. vaccinat ... | 2003 | 12706685 |
| a canine distemper virus epidemic in serengeti lions (panthera leo). | canine distemper virus (cdv) is thought to have caused several fatal epidemics in canids within the serengeti-mara ecosystem of east africa, affecting silver-backed jackals (canis mesomelas) and bat-eared foxes (otocyon megalotis) in 1978 (ref. 1), and african wild dogs (lycaon pictus) in 1991 (refs 2, 3). the large, closely monitored serengeti lion population was not affected in these epidemics. however, an epidemic caused by a morbillivirus closely related to cdv emerged abruptly in the lion p ... | 1996 | 8559247 |