Modeling the Geographic Spread of Rabies in China

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Chen, Jing ^a   Zou, Lan ^b   Jin, Zhen ^c   Ruan, Shigui ^a  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHANXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; IMMUNITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VACCINATION; ANIMAL; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOG DISEASES; GEOGRAPHY; IMMUNOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; TRANSMISSION; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; CHINA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; TRANSPORTATION; VACCINATION;

EID: 84930642176     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003772     Document Type: Article

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