The performance of approximations of farm contiguity compared to contiguity defined using detailed geographical information in two sample areas in Scotland: Implications for foot-and-mouth disease modelling

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 9, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Flood, Jessica S ^a   Porphyre, Thibaud ^a   Tildesley, Michael J ^b   Woolhouse, Mark E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CONTACT EXAMINATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; CONTACT TRACING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SCOTLAND;

EID: 84885004416     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-9-198     Document Type: Article

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