The network of sheep movements within Great Britain: Network properties and their implications for infectious disease spread

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 669-677

  Kiss, Istvan Z ^a   Green, Darren M ^a   Kao, Rowland R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disease spread; Epidemiology; Mixing; Networks; Sheep movements; Small world

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISSOCIATION; INFECTION; NONHUMAN; SHEEP; UNITED KINGDOM;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33750712007     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2006.0129     Document Type: Article

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