A discrete-event computer model of feline herpes virus within cat populations

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 163-181

  Cohen, C ^a   Artois, M ^b   Pontier, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DE BIOMÉTRIE ET BIOLOGIE EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Cat; Discrete events simulation; Feline herpes virus; Feline rhinotracheitis virus; Modeling

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD; CAT; CAT DISEASE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FRANCE; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POPULATION DENSITY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIROLOGY; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CAT DISEASES; CATS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POPULATION DENSITY; RECURRENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; VARICELLOVIRUS;

ANIMALIA; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; HERPES; HERPESVIRIDAE; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 3;

EID: 0034640761     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(00)00132-X     Document Type: Article

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