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Transmission dynamics and control of the foot and mouth disease
Reference
BBS/B/00131
Principal Investigator / Supervisor
Professor Neil Ferguson
Co-Investigators /
Co-Supervisors
Professor Sir Roy Anderson
,
Professor Christl A. Donnelly
Institution
Imperial College London
Department
Dept of Medicine
Funding type
Research
Value (£)
603,790
Status
Completed
Type
Research Grant
Start date
11/10/2004
End date
10/02/2008
Duration
40 months
Abstract
The impact of the 2001 foot and mouth epidemic on the rural economy, makes it imperative to investigate the factors responsible for its scale and how outbreak control might be further optimised. Guided by a joint DEFRA-BBSRC advisory group, this project will address these priorities using statistical analysis and mathematical modelling to: (1) better understand within-farm transmission, and hence how farm infectiousness develops through time; (2) develop the theory of spatial epidemics and targeted control policies; (3) develop new methods for robustly estimating key parameters from outbreak data; (4) analyse data from the 2001 epidemic to identify additional risk factors for spread and evaluate the effectiveness of control policies; (5) analyse the potential effectiveness of vaccination, movement restrictions and other measures to control future outbreaks.
Summary
unavailable
Committee
Closed Committee - Animal Sciences (AS)
Research Topics
X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority
X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative
Combating Viral Diseases of Livestock Initiative (CVDL) [2003]
Funding Scheme
X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme
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