A modeling framework to describe the transmission of bluetongue virus within and between farms in Great Britain

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Szmaragd, Camille ^a,c   Wilson, Anthony J ^a   Carpenter, Simon ^a   Wood, James L N ^b   Mellor, Philip S ^a   Gubbins, Simon ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS; CATTLE DISEASE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EPIDEMIC; INFECTION CONTROL; LIVESTOCK; PREDICTION; SHEEP DISEASE; SIMULATION; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BLUETONGUE; CATTLE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; FEMALE; GENETICS; INSECT CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; SHEEP; STATISTICAL MODEL; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALIA; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; BOS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; OVIS ARIES;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CERATOPOGONIDAE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT VECTORS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SHEEP;

EID: 70450173907     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007741     Document Type: Article

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