Search Results - "Kao, R.R"

Demographic structure and pathogen dynamics on the network of livestock movements in Great Britain by Kao, R.R, Danon, L, Green, D.M, Kiss, I.Z

“…Using a novel interpretation of dynamic networks, we analyse the network of livestock movements in Great Britain in order to determine the risk of a large…”
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The utility of whole-genome sequencing to identify likely transmission pairs for pathogens with slow and variable evolution by Wood, A.J., Benton, C.H., Delahay, R.J., Marion, G., Palkopoulou, E., Pooley, C.M., Smith, G.C., Kao, R.R.

“…Pathogen whole-genome sequencing (WGS) has been used to track the transmission of infectious diseases in extraordinary detail, especially for pathogens that…”
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Modelling the initial spread of foot-and-mouth disease through animal movements by Green, D.M, Kiss, I.Z, Kao, R.R

“…Livestock movements in Great Britain (GB) are well recorded and are a unique record of the network of connections among livestock-holding locations. These…”
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Identifying genotype specific elevated-risk areas and associated herd risk factors for bovine tuberculosis spread in British cattle by Orton, R.J., Deason, M., Bessell, P.R., Green, D.M., Kao, R.R., Salvador, L.C.M.

“…[Display omitted] •Bovine tuberculosis elevated-risk areas historically more extensive than thought.•Cattle movements alone do not explain spread of areas of…”
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Mycobacterium bovis shedding patterns from experimentally infected calves and the effect of concurrent infection with bovine viral diarrhoea virus by Kao, R.R, Gravenor, M.B, Charleston, B, Hope, J.C, Martin, M, Howard, C.J

“…M. bovis…”
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Revealing the History of Sheep Domestication Using Retrovirus Integrations by Chessa, Bernardo, Pereira, Filipe, Arnaud, Frederick, Amorim, Antonio, Goyache, Félix, Mainland, Ingrid, Kao, Rowland R, Pemberton, Josephine M, Beraldi, Dario, Stear, Michael J, Alberti, Alberto, Pittau, Marco, Iannuzzi, Leopoldo, Banabazi, Mohammad H, Kazwala, Rudovick R, Zhang, Ya-ping, Arranz, Juan J, Ali, Bahy A, Wang, Zhiliang, Uzun, Metehan, Dione, Michel M, Olsaker, Ingrid, Holm, Lars-Erik, Saarma, Urmas, Ahmad, Sohail, Marzanov, Nurbiy, Eythorsdottir, Emma, Holland, Martin J, Ajmone-Marsan, Paolo, Bruford, Michael W, Kantanen, Juha, Spencer, Thomas E, Palmarini, Massimo

“…The domestication of livestock represented a crucial step in human history. By using endogenous retroviruses as genetic markers, we found that sheep…”
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Use of genomics to track bovine tuberculosis transmission: EN- -FR- L’utilisation de la génomique pour retracer la transmission de la tuberculose bovine -ES- Uso de la genómica para rastrear la transmisión de la tuberculosis bovina by KAO, R.R., PRICE-CARTER, M., ROBBE-AUSTERMAN, S.

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Disease contact tracing in random and clustered networks by Kiss, I.Z, Green, D.M, Kao, R.R

“…The efficacy of contact tracing, be it between individuals (e.g. sexually transmitted diseases or severe acute respiratory syndrome) or between groups of…”
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Data quality of the Cattle Tracing System in Great Britain by Green, D. M., Kao, R. R.

“…The Cattle Tracing System (cts) of Great Britain was examined to investigate the quality of its data in terms of known errors and omissions, and their…”
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Demographic risk factors for classical and atypical scrapie in Great Britain by Green, D.M, Del Rio Vilas, V.J, Birch, C.P.D, Johnson, J, Kiss, I.Z, McCarthy, N.D, Kao, R.R

“…1 Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK 2 Veterinary Laboratories Agency, New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey KT15 3NB, UK…”
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The dynamics of an infectious disease in a population with birth pulses by Roberts, M.G., Kao, R.R.

“…In most models of population dynamics increases in population due to births are assumed to be time-independent, but many species of wild animal give birth only…”
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The Potential Size and Duration of an Epidemic of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy in British Sheep by Kao, R. R., Gravenor, M. B., Baylis, M., Bostock, C. J., Chihota, C. M., Evans, J. C., Goldmann, W., Smith, A. J. A., McLean, A. R.

“…Because there is a theoretical possibility that the British national sheep flock is infected with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), we examined the…”
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Searching for BSE in sheep: interpreting the results so far by Gravenor, M. B., Ryder, S. J., Gubbins, S., Hunter, N., Baylis, M., Kao, R.R.

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model of bovine tuberculosis control in domesticated cattle herds by Kao, R.R, Roberts, M.G, Ryan, T.J

“…A typical strategy for disease control in domesticated animals involves regular field tests and quarantine of infected herds. This prevents disease spread…”
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Quarantine-based disease control in domesticated animal herds by Kao, R.R., Roberts, M.G.

“…We examine a model of disease control by herd testing and quarantine in domesticated animal herds. Herd status is represented by an integral equation, where…”
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