The basic reproduction number for scrapie

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1423, 1999, Pages 1085-1090

  Matthews, L ^a   Woolhouse, M E J ^a   Hunter, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Control; Epidemiology; Inbreeding; Population genetics; Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

DISEASE SPREAD; MODEL; REPRODUCTION; SHEEP;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INCUBATION TIME; MATHEMATICAL GENETICS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCRAPIE; SHEEP;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0033594694     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0747     Document Type: Article

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