通过环境和风险映射推断牛结核病在牛和之间传播
You Chang1, Nienke Hartemink1,2, Andrew W Byrne3
1Quantitative Veterinary Epidemiology Group, Wageningen University and Research Centre, Wageningen, Netherlands.
Frontiers in veterinary science
|October 16, 2023
概括
环境传播在牛结核病 (bTB) 在牛和大之间传播方面发挥着重要作用. 了解这一点,以及物种密度,是识别BTB控制高风险地区的关键.
科学领域:
- 兽医流行病学 兽医流行病学
- 疾病生态学 疾病生态学
- 野生动物健康 野生动物健康
背景情况:
- 由*Mycobacterium bovis*引起的牛结核病 (bTB) 是一个持续的全球性挑战.
- 野生动物库,如欧洲大,使牛群中的bTB控制复杂化.
- 牛和大之间环境传播的定量作用仍然不太清楚.
研究的目的:
- 在一个空间显式的背景下,研究牛和之间的bTB传播动态.
- 评估环境传播在bTB传播中的定量重要性.
- 确定具有bTB传播高风险的地理区域.
主要方法:
- 开发一种环境传播模型,包括物种内部和物种间的传播.
- 模型参数的估计,包括*M. bovis*衰变率,使用4年子疫苗接种试验的数据.
- 空间显式模拟生成群体间的繁殖比率 (R) 地图.
主要成果:
- 环境在bTB传播中起着至关重要的作用,估计M. bovis的环境半衰期约为177天.
- 的相对密度显著影响着群体内的传播率.
- 创建了一个新的群体间R地图,突出显示具有高bTB传播风险的地区.
结论:
- 环境途径对于牛和大之间的bTB传播至关重要.
- 空间显式建模和复制比率映射是识别BTB热点的宝贵工具.
- 这些发现为有针对性的bTB控制策略提供了信息,考虑到野生动物和牛之间的相互作用以及环境因素.
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