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Advanced survival models for risk-factor analysis in scrapie.
The Journal of general virology - 1 Feb 2007
Corbière Fabien, Barillet Francis, Andréoletti Olivier, Fidelle Francis, Laphitz-Bordet Nathalie, Schelcher François, Joly Pierre
Abstract excerpt
Because of the confounding effects of long incubation duration and flock management, accurate epidemiological studies of scrapie outbreaks are difficult to carry out. In this study, 641 Manech red-faced sheep from six scrapie-affected field flocks in Pyrénées Atlantiques, France, were monitored for clinical scrapie over a 6-9 year period. Over this period, 170 scrapie clinical cases were recorded and half of the...
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