Time series analysis of human and bovine brucellosis in South Korea from 2005 to 2010

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 190-197

  Lee, Hu Suk ^a   Her, Moon ^b   Levine, Michael ^c   Moore, George E ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Animal Plant and Fisheries Quarantine and Inspection Agency   (South Korea)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ARIMAX model; Brucellosis; Lag; NBR model; Time series

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; BRUCELLOSIS; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH KOREA; TIME; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; BRUCELLOSIS; BRUCELLOSIS, BOVINE; CATTLE; HUMANS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVIDAE; BOVINAE;

EID: 84876970752     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2012.12.003     Document Type: Article

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