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DOI 10.1111/tbed.12240
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Title (Primary) Assessing the potential spread and maintenance of foot-and-mouth disease virus infection in wild ungulates: general principles and application to a specific scenario in Thrace
Author Dhollander, S.; Belsham, G.J.; Lange, M.; Willgert, K.; Alexandrov, T.; Chondrokouki, E.; Depner, K.; Khomenko, S.; Özyörük, F.; Salman, M.; Thulke, H.-H. ORCID logo ; Bøtner, A.
Source Titel Transboundary and Emerging Diseases
Year 2016
Department OESA
Volume 63
Issue 2
Page From 165
Page To 174
Language englisch
Keywords foot-and-mouth disease; wild boar; systematic literature review; epidemiological model
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Abstract Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), due to infection with serotype O virus, occurred in wild boar and within eleven outbreaks in domestic livestock in the south-east of Bulgaria, Thrace region, in 2011. Hence, the issue of the potential for the spread and maintenance of FMD virus (FMDV) infection in a population of wild ungulates became important. This assessment focused on the spread and maintenance of FMDV infection within a hypothetical wild boar and deer population in an environment, which is characterized by a climate transitional between Mediterranean and continental and variable wildlife population densities. The assessment was based on three aspects: (i) a systematic review of the literature focusing on experimental infection studies to identify the parameters describing the duration of FMDV infection in deer and wild boar, as well as observational studies assessing the occurrence of FMDV infection in wild deer and wild boar populations, (ii) prevalence survey data of wild boar and deer in Bulgaria and Turkey and (iii) an epidemiological model, simulating the host-to-host spread of FMDV infections. It is concluded, based on all three aspects, that the wildlife population in Thrace, and so wildlife populations in similar ecological settings, are probably not able to maintain FMD in the long term in the absence of FMDV infection in the domestic host population. However, limited spread of FMDV infection in time and space in the wildlife populations can occur. If there is a continued cross-over of FMDV between domestic and wildlife populations or a higher population density, virus circulation may be prolonged.
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Dhollander, S., Belsham, G.J., Lange, M., Willgert, K., Alexandrov, T., Chondrokouki, E., Depner, K., Khomenko, S., Özyörük, F., Salman, M., Thulke, H.-H., Bøtner, A. (2016):
Assessing the potential spread and maintenance of foot-and-mouth disease virus infection in wild ungulates: general principles and application to a specific scenario in Thrace
Transbound. Emerg. Dis. 63 (2), 165 - 174 10.1111/tbed.12240