Transmission Parameters of the 2001 Foot and Mouth Epidemic in Great Britain

PLoS ONE

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Chis Ster, Irina ^a   Ferguson, Neil M ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATTLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; INCIDENCE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; SHEEP; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE; GREAT BRITAIN; INCIDENCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; SHEEP;

EID: 77951637863     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000502     Document Type: Article

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