Abstract
A mixed binomial Bayesian regression model was used to quantify the relation between nucleotide differences in the VP1 gene of Foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) serotype A, and epidemiologic characteristics of the outbreaks from which the viruses were obtained between January and December 2001 in Argentina. An increase in the probability of different nucleotides between isolates was associated with a longer time between isolation dates, a greater distance between isolation locations, an increase in the difference between attack rates, and an increase in the difference in outbreak durations. The farther apart the outbreak herds were in the southerly and easterly directions, the greater the difference in nucleotide changes. The model accurately predicted genetic distances of isolates obtained in 2001 compared with a 2002 isolate (P < 0.01), which suggested that the predictive modeling approach applied in the present study may be useful in understanding the epidemiology of evolution of FMDV and in forensic analysis of disease epidemics.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 433-439 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation |
Volume | 20 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 1 2008 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The authors thank Drs. Bernardo Cosentino and Gastón Funes (Department of Epidemiologia, SENASA, Buenos Aires, Argentina) for providing the epidemiologic data of the outbreaks and for assistance in interpreting the information. This project was funded in part by the United States Armed Forces Medical Intelligence Center, the Secretaría de Ciencia y Técnica, Buenos Aires, Argentina (grant PICT 08–08796), and the Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Buenos Aires, Argentina (project 52.2012).
Keywords
- Argentina
- Foot-and-mouth disease virus
- Molecular epidemiology
- Risk factors