Epidemiology of a sexually transmittable herpesvirus, the Mustelid gammaherpesvirus 1 (MusGHV-1), and its link to reproductive health and physiological stress in European badgers (Meles meles)

Thesis

Along with virulence and transmissibility, pathogen transmission mode can be decisive on host-pathogen dynamics, where sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are predicted to be more likely to drive vulnerable host population to extinction than infections transmitted mainly through other routes. Despite STIs being common among animals, and often associated with sterility, STIs have been poorly studied in wild animals. As a background introduction to the current state of knowledge about wildli...

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Authors: Tsai, MS

• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Language: English
• Keywords: conservation; molecular epidemiology; STD; climate change; Wildlife disease
• Subjects: Molecular epidemiology; Conservation; Wildlife diseases