The spread of bluetongue virus serotype 8 in Great Britain and its control by vaccination

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, 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

VIRUS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS; CATTLE; EPIDEMIC; FARM ANIMAL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUT KERNEL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEROTYPE; SHEEP DISEASE; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; VACCINATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; BLUETONGUE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EUROPE; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; SEROTYPING; SHEEP; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME; VIROLOGY;

BLUETONGUE VIRUS 8; BOS; CERATOPOGONIDAE;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CATTLE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EUROPE; GREAT BRITAIN; INSECT VECTORS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SEROTYPING; SHEEP; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; VACCINATION; VIRAL VACCINES;

EID: 77949704288     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009353     Document Type: Article

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