Statistical aspects of BSE and vCJD : models for epidemics / Christl A. Donnelly, Neil M. Ferguson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Donnelly, Christl A.

Contributor:

Ferguson, Neil M.

Louis B. Flexner Medical Book Fund.

Series:

Monographs on statistics and applied probability (Series) ; 84.

Monographs on statistics and applied probability ; 84

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prion diseases--Epidemiology--Statistical methods.

Prion diseases.

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy--Epidemiology--Statistical methods.

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy.

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease--Epidemiology--Statistical methods.

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.

Epidemiology.

Statistics.

Epidemiology--Statistical methods.

Prion Diseases--epidemiology.

Medical Subjects:

Prion Diseases--epidemiology.

Physical Description:

229 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton : Chapman & Hall/CRC, [2000]

Summary:

Statistical Aspects of BSE: Models for an Epidemic presents the general methodology required for thorough analysis and modeling of novel long incubation diseases with largely unknown etiology. BSE in Great Britain cattle is the primary example system presented, but application to other diseases, particularly the transmissible spongiform encephalopathies -- Scrapie in sheep and nvCJD in humans -- are also highlighted. Adopting a reasonably mathematically rigorous style, the book concentrates on presenting an exposition of the "state-of-the-art" rather than introductory material on the mathematical/statistical modeling of infectious diseases.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [203]-216) and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Louis B. Flexner Medical Book Fund.

ISBN:

0849303869

OCLC:

41565233