Environmental News Network - Real-Time Foot-and-Mouth Strategy to Better Fight Disease

Details: By University of Warwick; 31.Jul

New real-time strategy for future foot-and-mouth outbreaks finds that focusing on surveillance and vaccination is most effective method to quickly fight spread of the virus

Julie Swatson

New real-time strategy for future foot-and-mouth outbreaks finds that focusing on surveillance and vaccination is most effective method to quickly fight spread of the virus
Researchers from University of Warwick develop model based on previous outbreaks, analysing best approach at every stage of outbreak - even with minimal information at the start of the outbreak
Local targeted methods are always the most effective method to halt disease spread

Future outbreaks of foot-and-mouth (FMD) disease can be combatted quickly and efficiently from early on – when authorities have minimal information – thanks to a new real-time strategy, developed by researchers at the University of Warwick.

Dr William Probert and Dr Michael Tildesley in Warwick’s School of Life Sciences and Mathematics Institute discovered that the most effective policies for the start of a FMD outbreak, even when we know very little about it, are focusing on surveillance and vaccination.

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Real-Time Foot-and-Mouth Strategy to Better Fight Disease