Spatial Association of Canine Rabies Outbreak and Ecological Urban Corridors, Arequipa, Peru
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Setting
2.2. Data
2.3. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
Supplementary Materials
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Castillo-Neyra, R.; Zegarra, E.; Monroy, Y.; Bernedo, R.F.; Cornejo-Rosello, I.; Paz-Soldan, V.A.; Levy, M.Z. Spatial Association of Canine Rabies Outbreak and Ecological Urban Corridors, Arequipa, Peru. Trop. Med. Infect. Dis. 2017, 2, 38. https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed2030038
Castillo-Neyra R, Zegarra E, Monroy Y, Bernedo RF, Cornejo-Rosello I, Paz-Soldan VA, Levy MZ. Spatial Association of Canine Rabies Outbreak and Ecological Urban Corridors, Arequipa, Peru. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease. 2017; 2(3):38. https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed2030038
Chicago/Turabian StyleCastillo-Neyra, Ricardo, Edith Zegarra, Ynes Monroy, Reyno F. Bernedo, Ismael Cornejo-Rosello, Valerie A. Paz-Soldan, and Michael Z. Levy. 2017. "Spatial Association of Canine Rabies Outbreak and Ecological Urban Corridors, Arequipa, Peru" Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease 2, no. 3: 38. https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed2030038
APA StyleCastillo-Neyra, R., Zegarra, E., Monroy, Y., Bernedo, R. F., Cornejo-Rosello, I., Paz-Soldan, V. A., & Levy, M. Z. (2017). Spatial Association of Canine Rabies Outbreak and Ecological Urban Corridors, Arequipa, Peru. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2(3), 38. https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed2030038