Prevention of avian influenza epidemic: What policy should we choose?

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 252, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 732-741

  Iwami, Shingo ^a   Takeuchi, Yasuhiro ^a   Korobeinikov, Andrei ^b   Liu, Xianning ^c  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^c SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Avian influenza; Elimination policy; Epidemic model; Mutation; Quarantine policy

Indexed keywords

AVIAN INFLUENZA; BIRD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EPIDEMIC; MORTALITY; MUTATION; PIG; POULTRY;

ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; BIRD; CONTACT EXAMINATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INFECTION CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS MUTANT; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; VIRULENCE;

ASIA; EURASIA;

AVES; SUIDAE;

EID: 44449115537     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2008.02.020     Document Type: Article

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