International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume 14, Issue 3 , Pages e210-e215 , March 2010

Statistical modeling of holding level susceptibility to infection during the 2001 foot and mouth disease epidemic in Great Britain

  • Paul R. Bessell

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Infectious Diseases, University of Edinburgh, Kings Buildings, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JT, UK
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  • Darren J. Shaw

      Affiliations

    • Veterinary Clinical Sciences, R(D)SVS, The University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush Veterinary Centre, Roslin, Midlothian, Scotland
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  • Nicholas J. Savill

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Infectious Diseases, University of Edinburgh, Kings Buildings, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JT, UK
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  • Mark E.J. Woolhouse

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Infectious Diseases, University of Edinburgh, Kings Buildings, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JT, UK

Received 26 May 2008 ,Revised 21 April 2009 ,Accepted 7 May 2009.

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    Map of GB counties showing infected premises (IPs) and the infection status of each county.

    Map of GB counties showing infected premises (IPs) and the infection status of each county.

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    Receiver operator characteristic (ROC) curve for the multivariate model in Table 2. Sensitivity refers to the proportion of infected premises (IPs) that would be considered positive given a cut-off, s

    Receiver operator characteristic (ROC) curve for the multivariate model in Table 2. Sensitivity refers to the proportion of infected premises (IPs) that would be considered positive given a cut-off, specificity is the proportion of non-IPs that test negative at that cut-off.

PII: S1201-9712(09)00195-7

doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2009.05.003

International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume 14, Issue 3 , Pages e210-e215 , March 2010