The role of mathematical modelling in the control of the 2001 FMD epidemic in the UK.
Mathematical models played an important role in guiding the development of the control policies in the 2001 foot-and-mouth disease epidemic in the UK. The variety of approaches that helped to guide the policy can sometimes be confusing. Here, the different modelling exercises that were developed over the course of the epidemic are reviewed, describing the difficulties in interpreting the available data and the appropriateness of the various assumptions.
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Rowland R
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Dept of Zoology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, OX1 3PS, Oxford, UK. rowland.kao@zoo.ox.ac.uk
D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic; D002417:Cattle; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004463:Ecology; D005536:Foot-and-Mouth Disease / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D029544:Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus / Q000472:pathogenicity; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology