Concurrent Rabies and Canine Distemper Outbreaks and Infection in Endangered Ethiopian Wolves
Jorgelina Marino
1 , Elizabeth F.R. Preston
1, Muktar Abute, Alo Hussein, Fekede Regassa, Asefa Deressa, Eric Bedin, Ashley C. Banyard, Anthony R. Fooks, and Claudio Sillero-Zubiri
Author affiliation: University of Oxford and Ethiopian Wolf Conservation Programme, Tubney, UK (J. Marino, E.F.R. Preston, C. Sillero-Zubiri); University of Oxford and Ethiopian Wolf Conservation Programme, Robe-Bale, Ethiopia (M. Abute, A. Hussein, E. Bedin); Ethiopian Wildlife Conservation Authority, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (F. Regassa); Ethiopian Public Health Institute, Addis Ababa (A. Deressa); Animal and Plant Health Agency, Weybridge, UK (A.C. Banyard, A.R. Fooks)
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Figure 2. Location of Ethiopian wolf carcasses found in the Bale Mountains in a study of concurrent rabies and canine distemper outbreaks, Ethiopia, 2019. Shades of blue represent the kernel density distribution of all observed carcasses. Arrows indicate the direction of spread of infections as revealed by positive cases of each disease through time and across subpopulations. CDV, canine distemper virus.
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