%0 Journal Article
%T Vaccination control programs for multiple livestock host species: an age-stratified, seasonal transmission model for brucellosis control in endemic settings
%A Imadidden Musallam
%A Javier Guitian
%A Wendy Beauvais
%J Archive of "Parasites & Vectors".
%D 2016
%R 10.1186/s13071-016-1327-6
%X Brucella melitensis causes production losses in ruminants and febrile disease in humans in Africa, Central Asia, the Middle East and elsewhere. Although traditionally understood to affect primarily sheep and goats, it is also the predominant Brucella species that affects cows in some endemic areas. Despite this, no licensed vaccine is available specifically for use against B. melitensis in cows. The mainstay of most control programs is vaccination of sheep and goats with a live vaccine, Rev-1. The aim of this study was to investigate how critical vaccination of cows might be, in order to control B. melitensis on a mixed sheep-and-cattle farm
%K Modelling
%K Transmission
%K Brucellosis
%K Zoonosis
%K Control
%K Vaccination
%K Seasonality
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4733281/