Spatial and stochastic simulation to evaluate the impact of events and control measures on the 1997-1998 classical swine fever epidemic in The Netherlands. I. Description of simulation model

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 271-295

  Jalvingh, Alien W ^a,c   Nielen, Mirjam ^a   Maurice, Huibert ^a   Stegeman, Arjan J ^a   Elbers, Armin R W ^b   Dijkhuizen, Aalt A ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Animal Health Service Boxtel   (Netherlands)

^c CR Delta   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Classical Swine Fever; Disease control; Disease spread; Simulation model; The netherlands; Validation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIC; METHODOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CLASSICAL SWINE FEVER; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NETHERLANDS; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0033378373     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0167-5877(99)00080-x     Document Type: Article

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