Identification of case clusters and counties with high infective connectivity in the 2001 epidemic of foot-and-mouth disease in Uruguay

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 102-113

  Chowell, Gerardo ^a   Rivas, Ariel L ^b   Smith, Stephen D ^b   Hyman, James M ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Plant Science Building   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CATTLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URUGUAY; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; URUGUAY;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE VIRUS;

EID: 33645233629     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.67.1.102     Document Type: Article

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