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Canine parvovirus in Australia: A comparative study of reported rural and urban cases
- Source :
- Veterinary microbiology. 181(3-4)
- Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- Canine parvovirus (CPV) is a highly contagious and often fatal disease reported worldwide. Outbreaks occur throughout Australia, and it has been suggested that disproportionally more CPV cases occur in rural locations. However, evidence to support this suggestion-and possible reasons for such a predisposition-has not existed until now. In this study a total of 4870 CPV cases reported from an Australian disease surveillance system between September 2009 and July 2014 were analysed. Australian postcodes were classified as rural or urban (based on human population density) and reported CPV cases were then categorised as rural or urban based on their reported home postcode. Parvovirus cases were predominately young (
- Subjects :
- Male
Veterinary medicine
medicine.medical_specialty
Parvovirus, Canine
animal diseases
viruses
Rural Health
Urban area
Microbiology
Parvoviridae Infections
Dogs
Risk Factors
Environmental health
Case fatality rate
Epidemiology
Medicine
Animals
Dog Diseases
Disease surveillance
geography
geography.geographical_feature_category
General Veterinary
business.industry
Incidence (epidemiology)
Rural health
Incidence
Vaccination
Age Factors
Australia
Urban Health
Outbreak
General Medicine
Female
Rural area
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 18732542
- Volume :
- 181
- Issue :
- 3-4
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Veterinary microbiology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....25c2770f9d43b3f105b48be69006468b