A dynamic model of bovine tuberculosis spread and control in Great Britain

Nature

Volumn 511, Issue 7508, 2014, Pages 228-231

  Brooks Pollock, Ellen ^a,b   Roberts, Gareth O ^b   Keeling, Matt J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SPREAD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; POLICY MAKING; STATE ROLE; TUBERCULOSIS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; CATTLE FARMING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HERD; INFECTION CONTROL; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOCHASTIC MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH POLICY; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE;

EID: 84904216928     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature13529     Document Type: Article

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