Investigating Transboundary Spread Patterns and Cluster Characteristics of Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD) Outbreaks in Asia: Levering the Outbreak Data (2019-2023) to Support the LSD Prevention and Control Strategies.

ABSTRACT: Lumpy skin disease (LSD) has rapidly spread across Asia, posing significant threats to livestock industries. This study aims to examine the spatial directional trends and spatiotemporal clusters of LSD outbreaks in South, East, and Southeast Asia from January 2019 to December 2023. Official LSD outbreak data were analyzed using spatial and spatiotemporal models. The standard deviational ellipse (SDE) method was applied to assess directional distribution trends, while space-time permutation (STP) and space-time Poisson models were utilized to identify outbreak clusters. A total of 1385 LSD outbreaks were recorded in the study region during the period. In the Asia region, the directional analysis of all outbreaks revealed trends from the south to the southeast and from the northeast to the s

SUBMITTER: Punyapornwithaya V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12349989 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature