Qualitative risk assessment in a data-scarce environment: A model to assess the impact of control measures on spread of African Swine Fever

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 4-14

  Wieland, Barbara ^a   Dhollander, Sofie ^b   Salman, Mo ^c   Koenen, Frank ^d  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b EUROPEAN FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Italy)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^d VETERINARY AND AGROCHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

African Swine Fever; Disease control measures; Endemicity; Qualitative risk assessment

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN SWINE FEVER; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EUROPE; HEALTH SURVEY; INFECTION CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SWINE; WILD ANIMAL;

AFRICAN SWINE FEVER; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; EUROPE; INFECTION CONTROL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SUS SCROFA; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 79952448807     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2011.01.001     Document Type: Article

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