A simulation model to assess herd-level intervention strategies against E. coli O157

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 135, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 749-764

  Wood, J C ^a   McKendrick, I J ^a   Gettinby, G ^b  

^a BIOMATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CATTLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; DISEASE SIMULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; HERD; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; RISK REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; ESCHERICHIA COLI VACCINES; HYGIENE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; VACCINATION;

EID: 34547474684     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268806007436     Document Type: Article

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