Livestock trade network: potential for disease transmission and implications for risk-based surveillance on the island of Mayotte.

ABSTRACT: The island of Mayotte is a department of France, an outermost region of the European Union located in the Indian Ocean between Madagascar and the coast of Eastern Africa. Due to its close connection to the African mainland and neighbouring islands, the island is under constant threat of introduction of infectious diseases of both human and animal origin. Here, using social network analysis and mathematical modelling, we assessed potential implications of livestock movements between communes in Mayotte for risk-based surveillance. Our analyses showed that communes in the central region of Mayotte acted as a hub in the livestock movement network. The majority of livestock movements occurred between communes in the central region and from communes in the central region to those in the outer r

SUBMITTER: Kim Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6070536 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature