Assessing the impact of structural modifications in the construction of surveillance network for transboundary animal diseases: the role of backbone and sentinel nodes
Asma Mesdour,
Sandra Ijoma,
Muhammad-Bashir Bolajoko
et al.
Abstract:Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) is a highly contagious disease that mainly affects sheep and goats and is transmitted through livestock movements. Because of its socio-economic impact, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) have set the goal to eradicate it by 2030, one of the key steps being the improvement of surveillance networks. The present study aimed to provide tools to identify areas that could serve as sentinel nodes, i.e. areas that may be rap… Show more
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