Bayesian space-time analysis of Echinococcus multilocularis-infections in foxes

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 179, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 77-83

  Staubach, Christoph ^a   Hoffmann, Lothar ^b   Schmid, Volker J ^c   Ziller, Mario ^a   Tackmann, Kirsten ^a   Conraths, Franz J ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b Thuringian State Authority for Food Safety and Consumer Protection   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alveolar echinococcosis; Bayesian statistics; Echinococcus multilocularis; Epidemiology; Fox; Markov Chain Monte Carlo simulation; Statistical model

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HUNTING; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; FOX; GERMANY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; EUROPE; FOXES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS;

EID: 79957593872     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.01.065     Document Type: Article

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