Use of social network analysis to characterize the pattern of animal movements in the initial phases of the 2001 foot and mouth disease (FMD) epidemic in the UK

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 76, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 40-55

  Ortiz Pelaez, A ^a   Pfeiffer, D U ^a   Soares Magalhaes R J ^a   Guitian, F J ^a  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Betweenness; FMD; Hierarchical clustering; k Neighbours; Movements; Social network analysis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SHEEP; SWINE; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; FEMALE; FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE; GREAT BRITAIN; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SHEEP; SPACE-TIME CLUSTERING; SWINE; TRANSPORTATION;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33746645204     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2006.04.007     Document Type: Article

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