Neighbourhood control policies and the spread of infectious diseases

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue 1525, 2003, Pages 1659-1666

  Matthews, L ^a   Haydon, D T ^b   Shaw, D J ^a   Chase Topping, M E ^a   Keeling, M J ^c   Woolhouse, M E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basic reproduction number; Control strategies; Culling theory; Epidemiology; Foot and mouth disease virus; Optimal control

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; CULLING; DISEASE CONTROL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; LIVESTOCK;

ARTICLE; CONTROL; CONTROL STRATEGY; CULLING THEORY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; LIVESTOCK; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; METAPOPULATION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SAFETY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE VIRUS;

EID: 0041877161     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2003.2429     Document Type: Article

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