A Study of the Persistence of <i>Mycobacterium bovis</i> in the Environment under Natural Weather Conditions in Michigan, USA

<table class="table-group" id="tab5"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Weather factor (average)</td><td align="center">Score Chi-square</td><td align="center"><i>P</i>-value</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Solar Radiation</td><td align="center">7.50</td><td align="center">.0062</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Humidity</td><td align="center">2.46</td><td align="center">.1165</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Temperature</td><td align="center">9.85</td><td align="center">.0017</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Precipitation</td><td align="center">5.44</td><td align="center">.0197</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Evapotranspiration</td><td align="center">17.19</td><td align="center">&lt;.0001</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Univariable analysis of the influence of each weather related variable on the hazard (survival) of <i>M. bovis </i>in the environmental using the score test in Cox regression.

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A Study of the Persistence of Mycobacterium bovis in the Environment under Natural Weather Conditions in Michigan, USA

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