Reproduction numbers for infections with free-living pathogens growing in the environment

Journal of Biological Dynamics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 923-940

  Bani Yaghoub, Majid ^a   Gautam, Raju ^a   Shuai, Zhisheng ^b   van den Driessche, P ^b   Ivanek, Renata ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

basic reproduction number; free living pathogen; infection control; SIRSP model; type reproduction number

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATTLE; CHOLERA; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; MICROBIOLOGY; SALMONELLOSIS;

ANIMALS; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; CATTLE; CHOLERA; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS;

EID: 84868316339     PISSN: 17513758     EISSN: 17513766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17513758.2012.693206     Document Type: Article

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