Epidemiological implications of the contact network structure for cattle farms and the 20-80 rule

Biology Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 350-352

  Woolhouse, M E J ^a   Shaw, D J ^a   Matthews, L ^a   Liu, W C ^a   Mellor, D J ^b   Thomas, M R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basic reproduction number; Heterogeneity; Infectious diseases; Livestock; Movements

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MOVEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE FARMING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; INFECTION; LIVESTOCK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 25444496232     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0331     Document Type: Article

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