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Mathematical predictions for foot and mouth disease
Rapid, pre-emptive ring culling of livestock surrounding the sites with foot-and-mouth disease is the best way to slow the epidemic.
Email: Tudor Toma - ttoma@mail.dntis.ro News from The Scientist 2001, 2(1):20010412-05
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To evaluate the best tactics for fighting the current foot and mouth crisis in the UK, a team from Imperial College School of Medicine, London applied a mathematical model and calculated the potential for disease transmission, given different scenarios. In their report in 13 April Science online they show that rapid, pre-emptive ring culling of livestock surrounding the sites with infected animals is the best way to slow the epidemic.
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