Contrasting seasonality of African swine fever outbreaks and its drivers

Younjung Kim; Pierre Nouvellet; Lisa Rogoll; Christoph Staubach; Katja Schulz; Carola Sauter-Louis; Dirk Udo Pfeiffer; Guillaume Fournié

doi:10.1016/j.epidem.2023.100703

Contrasting seasonality of African swine fever outbreaks and its drivers

Epidemics. 2023 Sep:44:100703. doi: 10.1016/j.epidem.2023.100703. Epub 2023 Jun 22.

Authors

Younjung Kim¹, Pierre Nouvellet², Lisa Rogoll³, Christoph Staubach³, Katja Schulz³, Carola Sauter-Louis³, Dirk Udo Pfeiffer⁴, Guillaume Fournié⁵

Affiliations

¹ University of Sussex, Brighton, UK.
² University of Sussex, Brighton, UK; Imperial College London, London, UK.
³ Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany.
⁴ The Royal Veterinary College, London, UK; City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, Hong Kong.
⁵ The Royal Veterinary College, London, UK; Université de Lyon, INRAE, VetAgro Sup, UMR EPIA, Marcy l'Etoile, France; Université Clermont Auvergne, INRAE, VetAgro Sup, UMR EPIA, Saint-Gènes-Champanelle, France. Electronic address: guillaume.fournie@inrae.fr.

PMID: 37385853
DOI: 10.1016/j.epidem.2023.100703

Abstract

The seasonality of African swine fever (ASF) outbreaks in domestic pigs differs between temperate and subtropical/tropical regions. We hypothesise that variations in the importance of wild boar-to-farm and farm-to-farm transmission routes shape these contrasting patterns, and we emphasise the implications for effective ASF control.

Publication types

Editorial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

African Swine Fever Virus*
African Swine Fever* / epidemiology
Animals
Disease Outbreaks / prevention & control
Disease Outbreaks / veterinary
Farms
Sus scrofa
Swine
Swine Diseases* / epidemiology

Grants and funding

BB/V019945/1/BB_/Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council/United Kingdom