title: Modeling and real-time prediction of classical swine fever epidemics.
abstract: We propose a new method to analyze outbreak data of an infectious disease such as classical swine fever. The underlying model is a two-type branching process. It is used to deduce information concerning the epidemic from detected cases. In particular, the method leads to prediction of the future course of the epidemic and hence can be used as a basis for control policy decisions. We test the model with data from the large 1997-1998 classical swine fever epidemic in The Netherlands. It turns out that our results are in good agreement with the data.
authors.affiliation: Mathematical Institute, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands. meester@math.uu.nl
authors.forename: Ronald
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Meester
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: de Koning
authors.forename: Mart C M
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: de Jong
authors.forename: Odo
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Diekmann
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006691:Classical Swine Fever / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006692:Classical Swine Fever Virus / Q000254:growth & development; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary*; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D015233:Models, Statistical; D009426:Netherlands / Q000453:epidemiology; D013552:Swine