Predicting vaccine effectiveness in livestock populations: A theoretical framework applied to PRRS virus infections in pigs.

Vaccines remain one of the main tools to control infectious diseases in domestic livestock. Although a plethora of veterinary vaccines are on the market and routinely applied to protect animals against infection with particular pathogens, the disease in question often continues to persist, sometimes...

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Main Authors: Vasiliki Bitsouni, Samantha Lycett, Tanja Opriessnig, Andrea Doeschl-Wilson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0220738