Journal of Equine Veterinary Science
Volume 26, Issue 7 , Pages 310-316 , July 2006

Basic reproduction number for equine-2 influenza virus a (H3N8) epidemic in racehorse facilities in Japan, 1971

  • Kunio Satou, DVM

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, National Institute of Animal Health, Tsukuba, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Kunio Satou, Department of Epidemiology, National Institute of Animal Health, Kannondai 3-1-5, Tsukuba, 305-0856, Japan
    • ,
  • Hiroshi Nishiura, MD, PhD, DTM&H

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Biometry, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
    • Research Center for Tropical Infectious Diseases, Nagasaki University Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki, Japan

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 Refereed

PII: S0737-0806(06)00300-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jevs.2006.05.003

Journal of Equine Veterinary Science
Volume 26, Issue 7 , Pages 310-316 , July 2006

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