How to Demonstrate Freedom from African Swine Fever in Wild Boar—Estonia as an Example
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Data
2.2. Prevalence Analyses
2.3. Modeling Temporal Effect
2.4. Population Density
3. Results
3.1. Data
3.2. Prevalence Analyses
3.3. Modeling Temporal Effect
3.4. Population Density
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Year | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 * | |
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Number of Samples | |||||||
Active surveillance | 8580 | 14,947 | 9150 | 4884 | 4715 | 1346 | |
Passive surveillance | 941 | 978 | 401 | 79 | 62 | 10 | |
Total | 9521 | 15,925 | 9551 | 4963 | 4777 | 1356 |
Age Classes | Prevalence ASFV (PCR-Positive) | Prevalence Seropositive | Prevalence ASFV- (PCR-) and Seropositive | ||||||
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Median | Min | Max | Median | Min | Max | Median | Min | Max | |
<1 year | 0.057 | 0.000 | 0.602 | 0.011 | 0.000 | 0.250 | 0.007 | 0.000 | 0.119 |
1–2 years | 0.051 | 0.000 | 0.209 | 0.019 | 0.000 | 0.130 | 0.003 | 0.000 | 0.025 |
>2 years | 0.027 | 0.000 | 0.419 | 0.022 | 0.000 | 0.160 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.035 |
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Schulz, K.; Staubach, C.; Blome, S.; Nurmoja, I.; Viltrop, A.; Conraths, F.J.; Kristian, M.; Sauter-Louis, C. How to Demonstrate Freedom from African Swine Fever in Wild Boar—Estonia as an Example. Vaccines 2020, 8, 336. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines8020336
Schulz K, Staubach C, Blome S, Nurmoja I, Viltrop A, Conraths FJ, Kristian M, Sauter-Louis C. How to Demonstrate Freedom from African Swine Fever in Wild Boar—Estonia as an Example. Vaccines. 2020; 8(2):336. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines8020336
Chicago/Turabian StyleSchulz, Katja, Christoph Staubach, Sandra Blome, Imbi Nurmoja, Arvo Viltrop, Franz J. Conraths, Maarja Kristian, and Carola Sauter-Louis. 2020. "How to Demonstrate Freedom from African Swine Fever in Wild Boar—Estonia as an Example" Vaccines 8, no. 2: 336. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines8020336