Epidemiological analysis of African swine fever in the European Union (September 2019 to August 2020).

ABSTRACT: An update on the African swine fever (ASF) situation in the 10 affected Member States (MS) in the EU and in two neighbouring countries from the 1 September 2019 until the 31 August 2020 is provided. The dynamics of the proportions of PCR- and ELISA-positive samples since the first ASF detection in the country were provided and seasonal patterns were investigated. The impact of the ASF epidemic on the annual numbers of hunted wild boar in each affected MS was investigated. To evaluate differences in the extent of spread of ASF in the wild boar populations, the number of notifications that could be classified as secondary cases to a single source was calculated for each affected MS and compared for the earliest and latest year of the epidemic in the country. To evaluate possible risk factors

SUBMITTER: European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8100952 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature