Assessing the probability of acquisition of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in a dog using a nested stochastic simulation model and logistic regression sensitivity analysis

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 99, Issue 2-4, 2011, Pages 211-224

  Heller, J ^a   Innocent, G T ^b   Denwood, M ^a   Reid, S W J ^a   Kelly, L ^c,d   Mellor, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b BIOMATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^d VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dog; MRSA; Risk analysis; Sensitivity analysis; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FEMALE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 79953293029     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2010.10.007     Document Type: Article

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