Where are the horses? with the sheep or cows? Uncertain host location, vector-feeding preferences and the risk of African horse sickness transmission in Great Britain

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 10, Issue 83, 2013, Pages

  Iacono, Giovanni Lo ^a   Robin, Charlotte A ^b   Newton, J Richard ^b   Gubbins, Simon ^c   Wood, James L N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ANIMAL HEALTH TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basic reproduction number; Culicoides; Dilution effect; Epidemiology; Vector borne disease

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; VECTORS; VIRUSES;

BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; BAYESIAN APPROACHES; CULICOIDES; DILUTION EFFECT; FUNDAMENTAL FACTORS; INCOMPLETE INFORMATION; RISK OF TRANSMISSIONS; VECTOR-BORNE DISEASE;

RISK PERCEPTION;

AFRICAN HORSE SICKNESS; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; COW; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HORSE; HOST; LAND USE; LIVESTOCK; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION SIZE; RURAL AREA; SHEEP; TEMPERATURE; UNITED KINGDOM; VACCINATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CATTLE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GEOGRAPHY; INFECTION CONTROL; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; VIROLOGY;

VIRUS VACCINE;

AFRICAN HORSE SICKNESS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GEOGRAPHY; GREAT BRITAIN; HORSES; INSECT VECTORS; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SHEEP; VACCINATION; VIRAL VACCINES;

EID: 84884190604     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2013.0194     Document Type: Article

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