Evaluation of the risk factors contributing to the African Swine Fever occurrence in Sardinia, Italy

Evaluation of the risk factors contributing to the African Swine Fever occurrence in Sardinia, Italy

This study assesses the relation between hypothesized risk factors and African swine fever virus (ASFV) distribution in Sardinia (Italy) after the beginning of the eradication program in 1993, using a Bayesian multivariable logistic regression mixed model. Results indicate that the probability of AS...

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Main Authors: Beatriz eMartínez-López, Andres M Perez, Francesco eFeliziani, Sandro eRolesu, Lina eMur, José Manuel eSánchez-Vizcaíno
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
African Swine Fever
Bayesian model
socio-economic factors
eradication program
Risk-based decision making
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2015.00314/full

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