Mathematical modeling at the livestock-wildlife interface: scoping review of drivers of disease transmission between species.

ABSTRACT: Modeling of infectious diseases at the livestock-wildlife interface is a unique subset of mathematical modeling with many innate challenges. To ascertain the characteristics of the models used in these scenarios, a scoping review of the scientific literature was conducted. Fifty-six studies qualified for inclusion. Only 14 diseases at this interface have benefited from the utility of mathematical modeling, despite a far greater number of shared diseases. The most represented species combinations were cattle and badgers (for bovine tuberculosis, 14), and pigs and wild boar [for African (8) and classical (3) swine fever, and foot-and-mouth and disease (1)]. Assessing control strategies was the overwhelming primary research objective (27), with most studies examining control strategies applie

SUBMITTER: Hayes BH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10511766 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature