Feed-borne transmission and case clustering of BSE

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 267, Issue 1440, 2000, Pages 205-215

  Hagenaars, T J ^a   Ferguson, N M ^a   Donnelly, C A ^a   Ghani, A C ^a   Anderson, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BSE; Clustering; Epidemiology; Mathematical model; Transmission dynamics

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CATTLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PROCESSING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 0034615026     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.0989     Document Type: Article

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