Rinderpest surveillance for recognition of RP free ... - Middle East - OIE

) Risk-focused sero-surveillance surveillance (cont.)
Focusing can be achieved by reference to some
or all of the following:
– Historical disease patterns (prior probability
mapping) – clinical, participatory and laboratorybased
– Critical population size, structure and density
– Livestock husbandry and farming systems
– Movement and contact patterns – markets and other
trade-related movements
– Transmission parameters (e.g. virulence of the
strain, animal movements)
– Wildlife and other species demography.
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