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December 3, 2011 - EpiX Analytics presents in prestigious EPIDEMICS3 conference

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December 3rd, 2011 – EpiX Analytics presents at the Third International Conference on Infectious Disease Dynamics (EPIDEMICS3) in Boston, US

The international EPIDEMICS3 conference held in Boston, US, from November 29th to December 2nd, was dedicated to the study of epidemic diseases and the dynamics of infection in humans, wildlife, livestock and plants. 

EpiX Analytic’s consultants joined forces with researchers from the Royal Veterinary College and CIRAD to present a novel application of simulation modeling to assess the effect of people’s behavior on the spread of livestock disease.

The study focused on African swine fever (ASF), a disease with severe socio-economic impacts present in most of Sub Saharan Africa, Sardinia and the Russian Federation. Field observations in affected areas show that in case of a suspected outbreak, many small-scale farmers sell pigs with symptoms for slaughter and pigs without symptoms (healthy or infected) to traders. The risk of spread from small-scale farms due to that behavior was modeled to assess whether increasing farmer’s awareness of ASF could reduce the risk. Dr. Solenne Costard (PhD), senior Consultant at EpiX Analytics and the main author and presenter of the study explained that such studies are useful for stakeholders and decision-makers in affected areas as they allow simulating the effectiveness of different disease control strategies without having to incur prohibitive on-site trials.

Readers can find a copy of the presentation in EpiX Analytics's downloads section here.

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