Mapping brucellosis increases relative to elk density using hierarchical bayesian models

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Cross, Paul C ^a   Heisey, Dennis M ^b   Scurlock, Brandon M ^c   Edwards, William H ^c   Ebinger, Michael R ^d   Brennan, Angela ^a,d  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^c WYOMING GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^d MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYESIAN LEARNING; BRUCELLOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INFECTION CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RED DEER; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; ANIMAL; BAYES THEOREM; DEER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; UNITED STATES; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BAYES THEOREM; BRUCELLOSIS; DEER; FEMALE; POPULATION DENSITY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; WYOMING;

EID: 77956413446     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010322     Document Type: Article

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