Escherichia coli O157 infection on Scottish cattle farms: Dynamics and control

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 8, Issue 60, 2011, Pages 1051-1058

  Zhang, Xu Sheng ^a,b   Woolhouse, Mark E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disease control; E. Coli O157; Markov chain Monte Carlo; Transmission dynamics

Indexed keywords

BIO-SECURITY; CONTROL EFFORT; DYNAMICS AND CONTROL; E. COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODELS; MARKOV CHAIN MONTE CARLO; MARKOV CHAIN MONTE CARLO METHOD; MODEL PARAMETERS; NON-TARGETED; PARAMETER VALUES; RECOVERY RATE; RISK FACTORS; TRANSMISSION COEFFICIENTS; TRANSMISSION DYNAMICS;

DISEASE CONTROL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MARKOV PROCESSES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

FARMS;

ARTICLE; CATTLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; HERD; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONHUMAN; PROBABILITY; STOCHASTIC MODEL; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; SCOTLAND; ZOONOSES;

BOS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 79958031523     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2010.0470     Document Type: Article

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