Descriptive Epidemiological Analysis for the First Outbreak of Lumpy Skin Disease in Japan in 2024.

ABSTRACT: Lumpy skin disease (LSD) is a transboundary emerging disease of cattle and water buffaloes that threatens the livestock industry globally. Japan experienced its first outbreak in November 2024. This study aimed to describe the spatial and temporal characteristics of this outbreak and estimate the transmissibility using a mathematical model for within-farm transmission. The first and second cases were confirmed on dairy farms in Itoshima City, Fukuoka Prefecture, southern Japan, on November 6, 2024. Twenty-two farms were confirmed during this outbreak, with 17 cases in Itoshima City and the other two municipalities in Fukuoka Prefecture. The third case occurred in Kumamoto Prefecture on November 8, 2024, and was linked to the long-distance movement of potentially infected cattle via the liv

SUBMITTER: Hayama Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12500357 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature