Identifying age cohorts responsible for Peste des petits ruminants virus transmission among sheep, goats, and cattle in northern Tanzania
C. M. Herzog, W. A. de Glanville, B. J. Willett, I. M. Cattadori, V. Kapur, P. J. Hudson, J. Buza, E. S. Swai, S. Cleaveland, O. N. Bjornstad
This study estimates age-specific force of infection for Peste des petits ruminants virus in Tanzanian livestock using seroprevalence data, finding weak age heterogeneity and suggesting management systems, not age, should guide control efforts.
bioRxiv · Dec 19, 2019Ecology