Estimating the time at which commercial broiler flocks in Great Britain become infected with Campylobacter: A Bayesian approach

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 142, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1884-1892

  Goddard, A D ^a   Arnold, M E ^a   Allen, V M ^b   Snary, E L ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; Campylobacter; epidemiology; poultry

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BROILER; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FECES ANALYSIS; INFECTION RISK; INTESTINE BIOPSY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; ZOONOSIS; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CALCULATION; HERD; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CHICKENS; GREAT BRITAIN; POULTRY DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84904766170     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268813002926     Document Type: Article

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