Quantifying BSE control by calculating the basic reproduction ratio R 0 for the infection among cattle

Journal of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-22

  De Koeijer, Aline ^a   Heesterbeek, Hans ^a   Schreuder, Bram ^a   Oberthür, Radulf ^b   Wilesmith, John ^c   Van Roermund, Herman ^a   De Jong, Mart ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Labor Dr Oberthur GmbH   (Germany)

^c VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basic reproduction ratio; BSE; Control

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; MAMMALIA;

MINERAL;

AGE; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BONE MEAL; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CATTLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; INFECTION CONTROL; MEAT; METHODOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; PATHOGENICITY; PRION; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE FACTORS; ALGORITHMS; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM; GREAT BRITAIN; INFECTION CONTROL; LINEAR MODELS; MEAT; MINERALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NETHERLANDS; PRIONS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 2642533648     PISSN: 03036812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00285-003-0206-x     Document Type: Article

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