Modeling Marek's disease virus transmission: A framework for evaluating the impact of farming practices and evolution

Marek's disease virus (MDV) is a pathogen of chickens whose control has twice been undermined by pathogen evolution. Disease ecology is believed to be the main driver of this evolution, yet mathematical models of MDV disease ecology have never been confronted with data to test their reliability...

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Main Authors: David A. Kennedy, Patricia A. Dunn, Andrew F. Read
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-06-01
Series:Epidemics
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1755436517301330