Statistical approaches to the monitoring and surveillance of infectious diseases for veterinary public health

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 2-10

  Höhle, Michael ^a   Paul, Michaela ^b   Held, Leonhard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

GIS; Outbreak detection; Rabies; Veterinary public health

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

EID: 67651004311     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2009.05.017     Document Type: Article

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