Epidemiological analysis of data for scrapie in Great Britain

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 359-367

  Hagenaars, Thomas J ^a,b   Donnelly, C A ^a   Ferguson, N M ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HERD; INCIDENCE; INCUBATION TIME; INFECTION RISK; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCRAPIE; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RISK FACTORS; SCRAPIE; SHEEP;

EID: 33244458906     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268805004966     Document Type: Article

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