Bioeconomic modelling of raccoon rabies spread management impacts in quebec, canada

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 330-337

  Shwiff, S ^a   Aenishaenslin, C ^b   Ludwig, A ^b,c   Berthiaume, P ^b,c   Bigras Poulin, M ^b   Kirkpatrick, K ^a   Lambert, L ^d   Belanger D ^b  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Benefit cost analysis; Control strategies; Disease modelling; Economic efficiency; Rabies virus; Raccoons

Indexed keywords

RABIES VACCINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BENEFIT-COST ANALYSIS; CANADA; CONTROL STRATEGIES; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE MODELLING; ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFECTION CONTROL; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; RACCOON; STATISTICAL MODEL; VACCINATION; VIROLOGY;

BENEFIT-COST ANALYSIS; CONTROL STRATEGIES; DISEASE MODELLING; ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY; RABIES VIRUS; RACCOONS;

ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; QUEBEC; RABIES; RABIES VACCINES; RACCOONS; VACCINATION;

ANIMALIA; PROCYON; RABIES VIRUS;

EID: 84880132966     PISSN: 18651674     EISSN: 18651682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1865-1682.2012.01351.x     Document Type: Article

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