Connecting network properties of rapidly disseminating epizoonotics

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Rivas, Ariel L ^a,b   Fasina, Folorunso O ^c,i   Hoogesteyn, Almira L ^d   Konah, Steven N ^a   Febles, José L ^d   Perkins, Douglas J ^a   Hyman, J Mac ^e   Fair, Jeanne M ^f   Hittner, James B ^g   Smith, Steven D ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^d DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA APLICADA   (Mexico)

^e Tulane University   (United States)

^f LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^g School of Business   (United States)

^h Plant Breeding and Genetics Section in the School of Integrative Plant Science   (United States)

ⁱ UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSORTATIVITY; CONNECTING NETWORK; CONNECTIVITY MODEL; CONTACT MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECTIONALITY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIZOONOSIS; FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFORMATION SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; SYNCHRONICITY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84862695739     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039778     Document Type: Article

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