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Statistical aspects of BSE and vCJD : models for epidemics /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Donnelly, Christl A.
Other Authors: Ferguson, Neil M.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton : Chapman & Hall/CRC, [2000]
Series:Monographs on statistics and applied probability (Series) ; 84.
Subjects:
Prion Diseases > epidemiology.
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome > epidemiology.
Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform > epidemiology.
Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform > transmission.
Epidemiologic Measurements.
Epidemiologic Methods.
Models, Statistical.
Cattle.
Table of Contents:
  • BSE and vCJD
  • Sources of data
  • Population models : formulation
  • Population models : results and sensitivity analyses
  • Individual survival models
  • Maternal risk enhancement models : results
  • Spatio-temporal correlation and disease clustering
  • Metapopulation models
  • Predictions and scenario analysis for vCJD
  • Future directions