Spread of E. coli O157 infection among Scottish cattle farms: Stochastic models and model selection

Epidemics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 11-20

  Zhang, Xu Sheng ^a   Chase Topping, Margo E ^a   McKendrick, Iain J ^b   Savill, Nicholas J ^a   Woolhouse, Mark E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b BIOMATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

E. coli O157; Model fitting; Model selection; Risk factors; Transmission dynamics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CATTLE FARMING; DATA BASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; HERD; LIVESTOCK; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; NONHUMAN; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; STOCHASTIC MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND; SPACE-TIME CLUSTERING; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 77950863200     PISSN: 17554365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epidem.2010.02.001     Document Type: Article

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