Allocating limited surveillance effort for outbreak detection of endemic foot and mouth disease.

ABSTRACT: Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) affects cloven-hoofed animals globally and has become a major economic burden for many countries around the world. Countries that have had recent FMD outbreaks are prohibited from exporting most meat products; this has major economic consequences for farmers in those countries, particularly farmers that experience outbreaks or are near outbreaks. Reducing the number of FMD outbreaks in countries where the disease is endemic is an important challenge that could drastically improve the livelihoods of millions of people. As a result, significant effort is expended on surveillance; but there is a concern that uninformative surveillance strategies may waste resources that could be better used on control management. Rapid detection through sentinel surveillance may b

SUBMITTER: Greiner A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12273912 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature