Modelling the Dynamics of Bluetongue Disease and the Effect of Seasonality

Bulletin of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 76, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1981-2009

  O’Farrell, Hayley ^a   Gourley, Stephen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bluetongue; Delay; Periodic; Seasonal; Stability

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; CHIRONOMIDAE; HEXAPODA; OVIS ARIES;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS; BOVINAE; CATTLE DISEASE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMMUNOLOGY; SEASON; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CERATOPOGONIDAE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; SEASONS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 84927172333     PISSN: 00928240     EISSN: 15229602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11538-014-9989-8     Document Type: Article

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