Understanding the effects of intermittent shedding on the transmission of infectious diseases: example of salmonellosis in pigs

A number of environmentally transmitted infectious diseases are characterized by intermittent infectiousness of infected hosts. However, it is unclear whether intermittent infectiousness must be explicitly accounted for in mathematical models for these diseases or if a simplified modelling approach...

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Main Authors: Glenn E. Lahodny, Raju Gautam, Renata Ivanek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2017-01-01
Series:Journal of Biological Dynamics
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17513758.2017.1375164