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SUMMARY:Lessons from livestock - some things animal movements can tell us 
 about social networks in epidemiology - Rowland Kao\, University of Glasgo
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DTSTART:20090224T143000Z
DTEND:20090224T153000Z
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CONTACT:Michael Sweeting
DESCRIPTION:In the wake of the epidemics of bovine spongiform encephalopat
 hy and\nfoot-and-mouth disease in Great Britain\, the movements of British
 \nlivestock are now exceptionally well-recorded\, with the geographic\nloc
 ations and movements of all large British livestock\, updated on a\ndaily 
 basis. While imperfect\, these data represent possibly the most\ncomplete 
 description of an epidemiologically relevant social network\navailable any
 where in the world. In this talk\, I shall discuss some of\nthe properties
  of this network\, especially as they relate to the\nrelationship between 
 the timescales for the transmission of infectious\ndiseases and the dynami
 cs of the network itself. I shall also show how\nanalyzing these extensive
  datasets has presented challenges leading to\nbroader inferences relevant
  to more generic social network problems.
LOCATION:Large Seminar Room\, 1st Floor\, Institute of Public Health\, Uni
 versity Forvie Site\, Robinson Way\, Cambridge
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