What makes or breaks a campaign to stop an invading plant pathogen?

ABSTRACT: Diseases in humans, animals and plants remain an important challenge in our society. Effective control of invasive pathogens often requires coordinated concerted action of a large group of stakeholders. Both epidemiological and human behavioural factors influence the outcome of a disease control campaign. In mathematical models that are frequently used to guide such campaigns, human behaviour is often ill-represented, if at all. Existing models of human, animal and plant disease that do incorporate participation or compliance are often driven by pay-offs or direct observations of the disease state. It is however very well known that opinion is an important driving factor of human decision making. Here we consider the case study of Citrus Huanglongbing disease (HLB), which is an acute bacte

SUBMITTER: Milne AE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7004315 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature