Mapping bovine tuberculosis in Great Britain using environmental data

The incidence of bovine tuberculosis (BTB) is increasing in Great Britain, exacerbated by the temporary suspension of herd testing in 2001 for fear of spreading the much more contagious foot and mouth disease. The transmission pathways of BTB remain poorly understood. Current hypotheses suggest the...

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Published in:Trends in microbiology (Regular ed.) 2002-10, Vol.10 (10), p.441-444
Main Authors: Wint, G.R.William, Robinson, Timothy P., Bourn, David M., Durr, Peter A., Hay, Simon I., Randolph, Sarah E., Rogers, David J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
bovine tuberculosis
Cattle
Cattle Diseases
Climate
Databases as Topic
Disease Reservoirs
disease risk mapping
environmental factors
Forecasting
Fourier analysis
Maps as Topic
NOAA AVHRR
remote sensing
Risk Factors
Tuberculosis, Bovine - epidemiology
Tuberculosis, Bovine - etiology
United Kingdom - epidemiology
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Summary:The incidence of bovine tuberculosis (BTB) is increasing in Great Britain, exacerbated by the temporary suspension of herd testing in 2001 for fear of spreading the much more contagious foot and mouth disease. The transmission pathways of BTB remain poorly understood. Current hypotheses suggest the disease is introduced into susceptible herds from a wildlife reservoir (principally the Eurasian Badger) and/or from cattle purchased from infected areas, while the role of climatic factors in transmission has generally been ignored. Here, we show how remotely sensed satellite data, which provide good indicators of a variety of climatic factors, can be used to describe the distribution of BTB in Great Britain in 1997, and suggest how such data could be used to produce BTB risk maps for the future. Mapping diseases from space: satellite-derived environmental data can be used to model the distribution of bovine tuberculosis in Great Britain.
ISSN:0966-842X
1878-4380
DOI:10.1016/S0966-842X(02)02444-7