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A Mathematical Model of Rinderpest Infection in Cattle Populations
Tille, A.; Lefèvre, Claude; Pastoret, Paul-Pierre et al.
1991In Epidemiology and Infection, 107 (2), p. 441-52
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Abstract :
[en] A mathematical model for the epidemiology of rinderpest was developed, starting from a simplified descriptive analysis of the disease. A formula for the calculation of the probability of infection of a susceptible animal was first established. A deterministic failure threshold of the infection was then deduced. Deterministic and stochastic approaches were adopted using iterative methods on a computer. These allowed a description of the spread and the variability of an infection process in a population to be made. An illustration of the use of this model showed that, in some cases, variability effects due to stochastic factors were very important. In these particular conditions, the use of the deterministic model alone was not adequate for a good description of the infection. Consequently, improvements of the model were proposed in order to make it more realistic and to allow its use for the evaluation of the efficiency of field operations.
Disciplines :
Microbiology
Veterinary medicine & animal health
Author, co-author :
Tille, A.
Lefèvre, Claude
Pastoret, Paul-Pierre ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des maladies infectieuses et parasitaires > Département des maladies infectieuses et parasitaires
Thiry, Etienne ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des maladies infectieuses et parasitaires > Virologie, épidémiologie et pathologie des maladies virales
Language :
English
Title :
A Mathematical Model of Rinderpest Infection in Cattle Populations
Publication date :
October 1991
Journal title :
Epidemiology and Infection
ISSN :
0950-2688
eISSN :
1469-4409
Publisher :
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Volume :
107
Issue :
2
Pages :
441-52
Peer reviewed :
Peer reviewed
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