Statistical Aspects of BSE and vCJD

1. Auflage 1999
ISBN: 978-0-8493-0386-9
Verlag: Chapman and Hall/CRC

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 243 mm, Gewicht: 522 g

Reihe: Chapman & Hall/CRC Monographs on Statistics and Applied Probability

Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) or "mad cow disease," first diagnosed in late 1986, is transmitted through feed, indirect horizontal transmission, apparently maternally and possibly horizontally, through cattle-to-cattle contact or a contaminated environment. With no ante-mortem test yet developed, the only information available about BSE is from case surveillance and a limited number of experiments. Only through careful and rigorous modeling and analysis can reliable estimates of past infection and predictions of future cases be made. The modeling developed for BSE utilizes a range of techniques from statistics, ecology, and demography that is of interest both as a case study and for providing tools for other modeling projects. Statistical Aspects of BSE and vCJD: Models for Epidemics presents the general methodology required for thorough analysis and modeling of novel long incubation diseases with largely unknown etiology. BSE in British cattle is the primary example system presented, but application to other diseases, particularly the transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (e.g., Scrapie in sheep and nvCJD in humans) are also highlighted. 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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Donnelly, C. A.

Ferguson, N M

Weitere Mitwirkende

Cox, D.R.

Reid, N.

Isham, Valerie

Tibshirani, R.J.

Louis, Thomas A.

Tong, Howell

Keiding, Niels

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Numerik und Wissenschaftliches Rechnen Angewandte Mathematik, Mathematische Modelle
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Numerik und Wissenschaftliches Rechnen Computeranwendungen in der Mathematik
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Stochastik Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Stochastik Mathematische Statistik
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Infektionskrankheiten
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie Tierpathologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction. BSE and vCJD. Sources of Data. Population Models: Formulation. Population Models: Results and Sensitivity Analyses. Individual Survival Models. Maternal Risk Enhancement Models: Results. Spatio-Temporal Correlation and Disease Clustering. Predictions and Scenario Analysis for vCJD. Future Directions. References

Über Autor(innen)

Donnelly\, C A; Ferguson\, N M