Transmission rate and reproductive number of the H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus during the december 2005-July 2008 epidemic in Nigeria

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 60-68

  Bett, B ^a   Henning, J ^b   Abdu, P ^c   Okike, I ^d   Poole, J ^a   Young, J ^a   Randolph, T F ^a   Perry, B D ^a,e  

^a INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b EpiGlobal   (Germany)

^c AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^d Intl Livestock Research Institute   (Nigeria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

H5N1 HPAI virus; Nigeria; Reproductive number; Transmission rate

Indexed keywords

AVES; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; H5N1 HPAI VIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NIGERIA; PATHOGENICITY; POULTRY; REPRODUCTIVE NUMBER; TIME; TRANSMISSION RATE; VIROLOGY;

H5N1 HPAI VIRUS; NIGERIA; REPRODUCTIVE NUMBER; TRANSMISSION RATE;

ANIMALS; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; NIGERIA; POULTRY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SPACE-TIME CLUSTERING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84891834064     PISSN: 18651674     EISSN: 18651682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tbed.12003     Document Type: Article

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