Eliminating bovine tuberculosis in cattle and badgers: Insight from a dynamic model

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 282, Issue 1808, 2015, Pages

  Brooks Pollock, Ellen ^a,b   Wood, James L N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bovine tuberculosis; Disease control; Transmission dynamics; Type reproduction numbers

Indexed keywords

BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; CATTLE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; MUSTELID; REPRODUCTION; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

BOS; BOVINAE; TAXIDIINAE;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BOVINE; DISEASE CARRIER; INCIDENCE; MICROBIOLOGY; MUSTELIDAE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE; UNITED KINGDOM; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; INCIDENCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSTELIDAE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; PREVALENCE; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84929311847     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2015.0374     Document Type: Article

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