Probability of freedom from disease after the first detection and eradication of PRRS in Sweden: Scenario-tree modelling of the surveillance system

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 91, Issue 2-4, 2009, Pages 137-145

  Frössling, Jenny ^a   Ågren, Estelle Carina Constance ^a   Eliasson Selling, Lena ^b   Lewerin, Susanna Sternberg ^a  

^a NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Animal Health Service   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Disease freedom; PRRS; Scenario tree model; Surveillance; Sweden

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTERIVIRUS; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PORCINE REPRODUCTIVE AND RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; SWINE; VIROLOGY;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, VIRAL; PORCINE REPRODUCTIVE AND RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; PORCINE RESPIRATORY AND REPRODUCTIVE SYNDROME VIRUS; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RNA, VIRAL; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; SWEDEN; SWINE;

EID: 68549090612     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2009.05.012     Document Type: Article

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