Modelling the spread of scrapie in a sheep flock: Evidence for increased transmission during lambing seasons

Archives of Virology

Volumn 151, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 735-751

  Touzeau, S ^a   Chase Topping, M E ^b   Matthews, L ^b   Lajous, D ^c   Eychenne, F ^c   Hunter, N ^d   Foster, J D ^d   Simm, G ^e   Elsen, J M ^c   Woolhouse, M E J ^b  

^a UR341 National Agronomical Research Institute (INRA)   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

^d INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^e SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; INCIDENCE; MALE; SCRAPIE; SEASON; SHEEP; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENOTYPE; INCIDENCE; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SCRAPIE; SEASONS; SHEEP;

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EID: 33645019331     PISSN: 03048608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00705-005-0666-y     Document Type: Article

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