Robust surveillance of animal diseases: An application to the detection of bluetongue disease

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 105, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 17-24

  Souza Monteiro, Diogo M ^a   Carrasco, L Roman ^b   Moffitt, L Joe ^c   Cook, Alasdair J C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Exotic animal disease; Info gap theory; Knightian uncertainty; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLUETONGUE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EVALUATION; HEALTH SURVEY; INFECTION CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; SHEEP; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; BLUETONGUE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; ENGLAND; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SHEEP; UNCERTAINTY; WALES;

ANIMALIA; KNIGHTIA;

EID: 84860251518     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2012.01.011     Document Type: Article

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