A dynamic spatio-temporal model to investigate the effect of cattle movements on the spread of bluetongue BTV-8 in Belgium

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Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Ensoy, Chellafe ^a   Aerts, Marc ^a   Welby, Sarah ^b   Van Der Stede, Yves ^b,c   Faes, Christel ^a  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b VETERINARY AND AGROCHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL DISPERSAL; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; LIVESTOCK; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; RISK FACTOR; SEROTYPE; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

ANIMALS; BELGIUM; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84892947255     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0078591     Document Type: Article

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