Herd contact structure based on shared use of water points and grazing points in the Highlands of Ethiopia

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 139, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 875-885

  Waret Szkuta, A ^a,b   Ortiz Pelaez, A ^a   Pfeiffer, D U ^a   Roger, F ^b   Guitian, F J ^a  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

Contact; disease transmission; Ethiopia; livestock; social network analysis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHIOPIA; GOAT; GRAZING; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHEEP; SOCIAL NETWORK; WATER SUPPLY;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; ETHIOPIA; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LIVESTOCK; POPULATION DENSITY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 79956007016     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268810001718     Document Type: Article

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