Temporospatial clustering of foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks in Israel and Palestine, 2006-2007

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 99-107

  Alkhamis, M A ^a,b   Perez, A M ^a,c   Yadin, H ^d   Knowles, N J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

^c Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

^d KIMRON VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Israel)

^e INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Foot and mouth disease; Israel; Middle East; Palestine; Temporospatial clusters

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIC; FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; GENETICS; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DENSITY; TIME;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, VIRAL; FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DENSITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 61849150068     PISSN: 18651674     EISSN: 18651682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1865-1682.2009.01066.x     Document Type: Article

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