Decision-making for foot-and-mouth disease control: Objectives matter

Epidemics

Volumn 15, Issue , 2016, Pages 10-19

  Probert, William J M ^a,b,k   Shea, Katriona ^a,b   Fonnesbeck, Christopher J ^c   Runge, Michael C ^d   Carpenter, Tim E ^e   Dürr, Salome ^f   Garner, M Graeme ^g   Harvey, Neil ^h   Stevenson, Mark A ⁱ   Webb, Colleen T ^j   Werkman, Marleen ^k,l   Tildesley, Michael J ^k   Ferrari, Matthew J ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^g NATIONAL HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^j Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^l WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

Decision making; Epidemiology; Foot and mouth disease; Management; Objectives; Optimisation

Indexed keywords

FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE VACCINE;

ARTICLE; DRUG COST; EPIDEMIC; FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INFECTION CONTROL; LIVESTOCK; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; UNITED KINGDOM; VACCINATION; ANIMAL; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE;

EID: 84954571661     PISSN: 17554365     EISSN: 18780067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epidem.2015.11.002     Document Type: Article

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