Socioeconomic and environmental determinants of Foot and Mouth Disease Incidence: An ecological, cross-sectional study across Iran using spatial modeling
Mahdi Nazari Ashani,
Ali Asghar Alesheikh,
Zeinab Neisani Samani
et al.
Abstract:Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is a highly contagious animal disease caused by a ribonucleic acid (RNA) virus, with significant economic costs and uneven distribution across Asia, Africa, and South America. While spatial analysis and modeling of FMD are still in their early stages, this research aimed to identify socio-environmental determinants of FMD incidence in Iran at the provincial level by studying 135 outbreaks reported between March 21, 2017, and March 21, 2018. We obtained 46 potential socio-environmen… Show more
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