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DOI 10.7589/0090-3558-45.4.1089
Title (Primary) Situation-based surveillance: adapting investigations to actual epidemic situations
Author Thulke, H.-H. ORCID logo ; Eisinger, D.; Freuling, C.; Fröhlich, A.; Globig, A.; Grimm, V.; Müller, T.; Selhorst, T.; Staubach, C.; Zips, S.
Source Titel Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Year 2009
Department OESA
Volume 45
Issue 4
Page From 1089
Page To 1103
Language englisch
Keywords Avian influenza; classical swine fever; CSF; disease surveillance; monitoring; policy; rabies; wildlife disease
Abstract Surveillance approaches for wildlife diseases often are based on strategies devised for livestock diseases. Following standard protocols, surveillance sometimes continues after apparent disease elimination. However, in the case of recurrent wildlife diseases that cause decisive morbidity and mortality, efficient and effective surveillance strategies might need to be more dynamic and adaptable to the actual epidemic situation. Here, we evaluated existing surveillance schemes by reanalyzing historic data on three wildlife diseases in Europe: rabies, classical swine fever, and avian influenza. We analyzed the aims of different surveillance activities and the way in which they were performed. Our analyses revealed that static, nonadaptive surveillance was a suboptimal approach. Consequently, we propose and discuss a more adaptive alternative scheme of situation-based surveillance for recurrent wildlife diseases that cause readily recognizable morbidity and mortality.
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Thulke, H.-H., Eisinger, D., Freuling, C., Fröhlich, A., Globig, A., Grimm, V., Müller, T., Selhorst, T., Staubach, C., Zips, S. (2009):
Situation-based surveillance: adapting investigations to actual epidemic situations
J. Wildl. Dis. 45 (4), 1089 - 1103 10.7589/0090-3558-45.4.1089