A model for the early identification of sources of airborne pathogens in an outdoor environment

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Van Leuken, Jeroen P G ^a,b   Havelaar, Arie H ^a,b   Van Hoek, Wim Der ^b   Ladbury, Georgia A F ^c   Hackert, Volker H ^d   Swart, Arno N ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d Municipal Health Service Zuid Limburg   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE MICROORGANISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY INDUSTRY; DAIRYING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; GOAT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MILK; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION DENSITY; Q FEVER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHEEP FARMING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VAGINA CYTOLOGY;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COXIELLA BURNETII; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION DENSITY; PREGNANCY; Q FEVER; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 84891893639     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080412     Document Type: Article

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