Contribution of Company Affiliation and Social Contacts to Risk Estimates of Between-Farm Transmission of Avian Influenza

Jessica H. Leibler; Marco Carone; Ellen K. Silbergeld

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0009888

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Contribution of Company Affiliation and Social Contacts to Risk Estimates of Between-Farm Transmission of Avian Influenza

Jessica H. Leibler ,

* E-mail: jleibler@jhsph.edu

Affiliation Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Marco Carone,

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Ellen K. Silbergeld

Affiliation Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Contribution of Company Affiliation and Social Contacts to Risk Estimates of Between-Farm Transmission of Avian Influenza

Jessica H. Leibler,
Marco Carone,
Ellen K. Silbergeld

Published: March 25, 2010
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0009888

About the Authors

Jessica H. Leibler

* E-mail: jleibler@jhsph.edu

Affiliation Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Marco Carone

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Ellen K. Silbergeld

Affiliation Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JL MC ES. Performed the experiments: JL. Analyzed the data: JL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JL MC ES. Wrote the paper: JL MC ES.

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