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Trends in age-at-detection in Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy cases: a useful indicator of the epidemic curve
Saegerman, Claude; Speybroeck, N.; Vanopdenbosch, E. et al.
2006In Veterinary Record, 159, p. 583-587
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Abstract :
[en] There were 118 cases of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in Belgium before January 1, 2004. Trends in their age at detection were analysed and attempts were made to use this parameter as a predictor of the current status of the BSE epidemic in the country. The following variables were considered: date of birth, breed, date of detection, mode of detection, and the number and age of animals slaughtered and rendered each month. Age at detection as a function of date of birth was a very poor epidemiological indicator. It was concluded that the increasing age of BSE cases when they were detected was due to the depletion of cases, as a result of there being no new infections, and that it is a reliable indicator of a decrease in the epidemic curve in Belgium. By means of a simulation it is shown how age distribution at the time of detection closely follows the epidemic curve and data from Great Britain are used to illustrate the point.
Disciplines :
Veterinary medicine & animal health
Author, co-author :
Saegerman, Claude  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des maladies infectieuses et parasitaires > Epidémiologie et analyse des risques appl. aux sc. vétér.
Speybroeck, N.
Vanopdenbosch, E.
Wilesmith, J.
Berkvens, D.
Language :
English
Title :
Trends in age-at-detection in Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy cases: a useful indicator of the epidemic curve
Publication date :
2006
Journal title :
Veterinary Record
ISSN :
0042-4900
eISSN :
2042-7670
Publisher :
British Veterinary Medicine, London, United Kingdom
Volume :
159
Pages :
583-587
Peer reviewed :
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