Prevalence, spatial distribution and the effect of control measures on louping-ill virus in the Forest of Bowland, Lancashire

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 135, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 963-973

  Laurenson, M Karen ^a,b,g   Mckendrick, I J ^c   Reid, H W ^d   Challenor, R ^e   Mathewson, G K ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b GAME CONSERVANCY TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c BIOMATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d Moredun Foundation   (United Kingdom)

^e The Old Vicarage   (United Kingdom)

^f Windsor Gardens   (United Kingdom)

^g NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACARICIDE; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SEROPREVALENCE; SHEEP DISEASE; SHEEP FARMING; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS FLAVIVIRUS; UNITED KINGDOM; VACCINATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BLOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHEEP; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES, TICK-BORNE; ENCEPHALITIS, TICK-BORNE; GREAT BRITAIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; VIRAL VACCINES;

EID: 34748868966     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268806007692     Document Type: Article

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