A decision-support system for real-time risk assessment of airborne spread of the foot-and-mouth disease virus

Methods of Information in Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 590-595

  Rubel, Franz ^a   Fuchs, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b JOANNEUM RESEARCH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Airborne transmission of a virus; Foot and mouth disease; Gaussian dispersion model; Geographical information systems; Risk assessment; Veterinary epidemiology

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE INFECTION; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; AUSTRIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EPIDEMIC; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE VIRUS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; INFECTION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; VETERINARY MEDICINE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 25144474864     PISSN: 00261270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1634013     Document Type: Conference Paper

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