Using the National Cattle Register to estimate the excess mortality during an epidemic: Application to an outbreak of Bluetongue serotype 8

Epidemics

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 207-214

  Perrin, Jean Baptiste ^a,b   Ducrot, Christian ^b   Vinard, Jean Luc ^a   Morignat, Eric ^a   Gauffier, André ^c   Calavas, Didier ^a   Hendrikx, Pascal ^a  

^a FRENCH AGENCY FOR FOOD   (France)

^b EPIA   (France)

^c General Food Directorate   (France)

Author keywords

Bluetongue; Cattle; Mortality; Syndromic surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE SEROTYPE 8; CALF (BOVINE); CATTLE; EPIDEMIC; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER;

ANIMALS; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EUROPE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REGISTRIES;

EID: 78650513804     PISSN: 17554365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epidem.2010.10.002     Document Type: Article

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