Spatial and spatio-temporal analysis of Salmonella infection in dairy herds in England and Wales

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 137, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 847-857

  Fenton, S E ^a,b   Clough, H E ^a   Diggle, P J ^c   Evans, S J ^d   Davison, H C ^d   Vink, W D ^e   French, N P ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^e MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; K function analysis; Markov chain; Salmonella; Spatial clustering

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY CATTLE; DISEASE COURSE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HERD; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA AGAMA; SALMONELLA DUBLIN; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SALMONELLOSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL SALMONELLOSIS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DAIRYING; FEMALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RISK FACTOR; TIME;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT STUDIES; DAIRYING; ENGLAND; FEMALE; MARKOV CHAINS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RISK FACTORS; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; TIME FACTORS; WALES;

EID: 67649710035     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268808001349     Document Type: Article

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