A dynamic model of bovine tuberculosis spread and control in Great Britain

Ellen Brooks-Pollock, Gareth O. Roberts and Matt J. Keeling ()
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Ellen Brooks-Pollock: Disease Dynamics Unit, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0ES, UK
Gareth O. Roberts: University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
Matt J. Keeling: WIDER Centre, Mathematics Institute and School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK

Nature, 2014, vol. 511, issue 7508, 228-231

Abstract: Bovine tuberculosis is a major economic burden on the cattle industry, and attempts to control it have been politically controversial; here farm movement and bovine tuberculosis incidence data are used to construct a mechanistic model and tease apart the factors contributing to epidemic bovine tuberculosis spread.

Date: 2014
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