A systems approach to the policy-level risk assessment of exotic animal diseases: Network model and application to classical swine fever

Risk Analysis

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1454-1472

  Delgado, João ^a   Pollard, Simon ^a   Snary, Emma ^b   Black, Edgar ^c   Prpich, George ^a   Longhurst, Phil ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c Food and Rural Affairs   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analysis; Classical swine fever; Exotic animal disease; Import; Network; Risk; System

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS; ANIMAL DISEASE; CLASSICAL SWINE FEVER; IMPORT; SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); RISKS; VETERINARY MEDICINE; VIRUSES;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMAL WELFARE; DISEASE INCIDENCE; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; NETWORK ANALYSIS; PIG; POLICY APPROACH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; VIRAL DISEASE; VULNERABILITY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

ALGORITHM; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CLASSICAL SWINE FEVER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; EXOTIC ANIMAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; IMPORT; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NETWORK; PESTIVIRUS; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SWINE; SYSTEM; SYSTEMS THEORY; UNITED KINGDOM; VIROLOGY;

ANALYSIS; CLASSICAL SWINE FEVER; EXOTIC ANIMAL DISEASE; IMPORT; NETWORK; RISK; SYSTEM;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CLASSICAL SWINE FEVER; CLASSICAL SWINE FEVER VIRUS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; SUS SCROFA; SWINE; SYSTEMS THEORY;

EID: 84882583112     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2012.01934.x     Document Type: Article

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