Modelling the spread of American foulbrood in honeybees

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 10, Issue 88, 2013, Pages

  Datta, Samik ^a   Bull, James C ^a   Budge, Giles E ^b   Keeling, Matt J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

American foulbrood; Bayesian; Epidemiology; Honeybee; Likelihood; MCMC

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

AMERICAN FOULBROOD; BAYESIAN; HONEYBEE; LIKELIHOOD; MCMC;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

AMERICAN FOULBROOD; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HONEYBEE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PAENIBACILLUS; PROBABILITY; SIMULATION; STOCHASTIC MODEL; ANIMAL; BEE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VETERINARY; ANIMAL DISEASE; BAYESIAN; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GRAM POSITIVE INFECTION; LIKELIHOOD; MCMC;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PAENIBACILLUS LARVAE;

ANIMALS; BEES; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PAENIBACILLUS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; UNITED STATES;

AMERICAN FOULBROOD; BAYESIAN; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HONEYBEE; LIKELIHOOD; MCMC;

EID: 84896591074     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2013.0650     Document Type: Article

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