Clustering of and Risk Factors for the Porcine High Fever Disease in a Region of Vietnam

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 49-61

  Le, H ^a,b   Poljak, Z ^b   Deardon, R ^c   Dewey, C E ^b  

^a NONG LAM UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clustering; Pig; Porcine high fever disease; Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome; Risk factors; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTERIVIRUS; ARTICLE; CLASSICAL SWINE FEVER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DUCK; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RNA VIRUS INFECTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; VIET NAM; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ARTERIVIRIDAE; CLASSICAL SWINE FEVER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DUCKS; FEMALE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; SPACE-TIME CLUSTERING; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; VIETNAM;

ANAS; SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 84855440674     PISSN: 18651674     EISSN: 18651682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1865-1682.2011.01239.x     Document Type: Article

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