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Studentship: Multi-scale inference of foot-and-mouth disease spread in the UK and Japan
Reference
BBS/E/I/00001791
Principal Investigator / Supervisor
Dr Simon Gubbins
Co-Investigators /
Co-Supervisors
Institution
The Pirbright Institute
Department
The Pirbright Institute Department
Funding type
Research
Value (£)
20,537
Status
Completed
Type
Institute Project
Start date
01/01/2013
End date
31/12/2016
Duration
47 months
Abstract
Studentship In this project, large scale stochastic models of FMD spread will be further developed to incorporate recent data on contacts between sheep and cattle on farms, and viral transmission amongst vaccinated cattle. To properly quantify the uncertainties in available data and knowledge the system will be implemented in a fully Bayesian framework. Models will be developed for two scenarios: the 2001 outbreak in the UK and, in collaboration with the University of Miyazaki, the 2010 outbreak in Japan. The aim of this project is to develop and validate a suite of models that can then be used to determine optimal control strategies for future outbreaks in the UK, Japan and elsewhere.
Summary
unavailable
Committee
Not funded via Committee
Research Topics
Animal Health, Microbiology
Research Priority
X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative
X - not in an Initiative
Funding Scheme
X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme
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