title: An epidemiological model of rinderpest. I. Description of the model.
abstract: The development of an epidemiological model of rinderpest in cattle and wildlife populations is described. The model uses a state-transition structure, incorporating a stochastic element through the use of Monte-Carlo methods modified to allow large populations to be simulated. The potential applications include the estimation of "safe" host population immunity rates and the design of cost-effective rinderpest vaccination programmes.
authors.affiliation: Epidemiology Section, Veterinary Research Laboratory, Kabete, Kenya.
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: James
authors.forename: P B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Rossiter
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004198:Disease Susceptibility; D007110:Immunity, Active; D009010:Monte Carlo Method; D012301:Rinderpest / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology / Q000517:prevention & control; D012302:Rinderpest virus / Q000276:immunology; D013269:Stochastic Processes; D014611:Vaccination / Q000662:veterinary; D014765:Viral Vaccines
chemical_list: D014765:Viral Vaccines