Potential for epidemic take-off from the primary outbreak farm via livestock movements

Potential for epidemic take-off from the primary outbreak farm via livestock movements

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>We consider the potential for infection to spread in a farm population from the primary outbreak farm via livestock movements prior to disease detection. We analyse how this depends on the time of the year infection occurs, the speci...

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Main Authors: Tildesley Michael J, Volkova Victoriya V, Woolhouse Mark EJ
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-11-01
Series:BMC Veterinary Research
Subjects:
livestock movement
seasonality
cyclicity
spread of infection
primary outbreak
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1746-6148/7/76

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