A stochastic simulation model to determine the sample size of repeated national surveys to document freedom from bovine herpesvirus 1 (BoHV-1) infection

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 3, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Knopf, Lea ^a   Schwermer, Heinzpeter ^a   Stärk, Katharina D C ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL VETERINARY OFFICE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE; BOVINE HERPESVIRUS 1; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 1;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECONOMICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTIOUS BOVINE RHINOTRACHEITIS VIRUS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; SWITZERLAND; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 1, BOVINE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 34547568785     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-3-10     Document Type: Article

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