Use of host population reduction to control wildlife infection: Rabbits and paratuberculosis

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 131-138

  Davidson, Ross S ^a   Marion, G ^b   White, P C L ^c   Hutchings, M R ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b BIOMATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PARATUBERCULOSIS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SIZE; RABBIT; SIMULATION; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; INFECTION CONTROL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS; PARATUBERCULOSIS; POPULATION CONTROL; RABBITS;

EID: 57649129097     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268808000642     Document Type: Article

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