Modelling the Spread of Phocine Distempe
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Aline de Koeijer; Odo Diekmann; Peter Reijnders
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Article
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1998
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Springer
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English
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Data presented in earlier publications on the 1988 epizootic among seals in North West Europe show a pattern that is somewhat inconsistent with the predictions of the standard mathematical model of epidemics. We argue that for animals living in herds or colonies, such as seals, the mutual contact be