Efficient modelling of infectious diseases in wildlife: A case study of bovine tuberculosis in wild badgers

• Evandro Konzen,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations University of Exeter Medical School, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom, Department of Statistics, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6275-1681

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• Richard J. Delahay,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations National Wildlife Management Centre, Animal and Plant Health Agency, Sand Hutton, York, United Kingdom, Environment and Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter, Penryn, United Kingdom

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• Dave J. Hodgson,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, Penryn, United Kingdom

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• Robbie A. McDonald,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Environment and Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter, Penryn, United Kingdom, Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, Penryn, United Kingdom

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• Ellen Brooks Pollock,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

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• Simon E. F. Spencer,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Statistics, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom

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• Trevelyan J. McKinley

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: t.mckinley@exeter.ac.uk

  Affiliation University of Exeter Medical School, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9485-3236

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