EcologybioRxiv
Efficient modelling of infectious diseases in wildlife: a case study of bovine tuberculosis in wild badgers
E. Konzen, R. J. Delahay, D. J. Hodgson…·T. J. McKinley
This paper develops a stochastic compartmental model to study bovine tuberculosis transmission in badgers, identifying superspreaders and hidden infection burdens despite population-level reproduction numbers less than one.
DOI 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1012592