The strength of 70%: Revision of a standard threshold of rabies control

Developments in Biologicals

Volumn 131, Issue , 2008, Pages 291-298

  Thulke, Hans Hermann ^a   Eisinger, D ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Control planning; Foxes; Herd immunity; Modelling; Rabies; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

RABIES VACCINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOSE RESPONSE; EMERGENCY; EPIDEMIC; FOX; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; POPULATION DENSITY; RABIES; VACCINATION; VIROLOGY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EMERGENCIES; FOXES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; RABIES; RABIES VACCINES; SPACE-TIME CLUSTERING; VACCINATION;

EID: 44649102639     PISSN: 14246074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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