Vector-borne diseases and the basic reproduction number: A case study of African horse sickness

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 19-28

  Lord, C C ^a   Woolhouse, M E J ^a   Heesterbeek, J A P ^b   Mellor, P S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

African horse sickness; Basic reproduction number; Culicoides imicola; Mathematical models

Indexed keywords

CHIRONOMUS THUMMI; CULICOIDES IMICOLA; EQUUS CABALLUS; ANIMALIA; CERATOPOGONIDAE; DIPTERA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; HORSE DISEASE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; REPRODUCTION;

AFRICAN HORSE SICKNESS; ANIMALS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; INSECT VECTORS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; REPRODUCTION;

AFRICAN HORSE SICKNESS; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; VECTOR; VECTOR- TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

EID: 0029667003     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.1996.tb00077.x     Document Type: Article

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