Financial evaluation of different vaccination strategies for controlling the bluetongue virus serotype 8 epidemic in the Netherlands in 2008

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Velthuis, Annet G J ^a   Mourits, Monique C M ^a   Saatkamp, Helmut W ^a   de Koeijer, Aline A ^a   Elbers, Armin R W ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT ANIMAL; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANIMAL HEALTH; ARTICLE; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS; BLUETONGUE VIRUS SEROTYPE 8; CALCULATION; CATTLE FARMING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INFECTION CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; SHEEP FARMING; VACCINATION; ANIMAL; CATTLE; CLASSIFICATION; COST; ECONOMICS; SEROTYPING;

BLUETONGUE VIRUS; BLUETONGUE VIRUS 8; BOS; CAPRA HIRCUS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; OVIS ARIES;

ANIMALS; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CATTLE; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; EPIDEMICS; NETHERLANDS; SEROTYPING; VACCINATION;

EID: 79955784876     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019612     Document Type: Article

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