Estimation of time-dependent reproduction numbers for porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome across different regions and production systems of the US

Frontiers in Veterinary Science

Volumn 4, Issue APR, 2017, Pages

  Arruda, Andréia G ^a   Alkhamis, Moh A ^b   VanderWaal, Kimberly ^a   Morrison, Robert B ^a   Perez, Andres M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome; Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome incidence; Space time clusters; Surveillance; Time dependent reproductive number

Indexed keywords

EID: 85021685714     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22971769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2017.00046     Document Type: Article

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