Design and analysis of small-scale transmission experiments with animals | Epidemiology & Infection | Cambridge Core (original) (raw)
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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 June 2006
A. G. J. VELTHUIS
Affiliation:
Business Economics, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
A. BOUMA
Affiliation:
Farm Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
W. E. A. KATSMA
Affiliation:
Quantitative Veterinary Epidemiology, Animal Sciences Group, Lelystad, The Netherlands
G. NODELIJK
Affiliation:
Quantitative Veterinary Epidemiology, Animal Sciences Group, Lelystad, The Netherlands
M. C. M. DE JONG
Affiliation:
Quantitative Veterinary Epidemiology, Animal Sciences Group, Lelystad, The Netherlands Quantitative Veterinary Epidemiology, Animal Sciences Group, Wageningen, The Netherlands
Abstract
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Interactions between pathogens and hosts at the population level should be considered when studying the effectiveness of control measures for infectious diseases. The advantage of doing transmission experiments compared to field studies is that they offer a controlled environment in which the effect of a single factor can be investigated, while variation due to other factors is minimized. This paper gives an overview of the biological and mathematical aspects, bottlenecks and solutions of developing and executing transmission experiments with animals. Different methods of analysis and different experimental designs are discussed. Final size methods are often used for analysing transmission data, but have never been published in a refereed journal; therefore, they will be described in detail in this paper. We hope that this information is helpful for scientists who are considering performing transmission experiments.
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Research Article
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2006 Cambridge University Press