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Simulated airborne spread of Aujeszky's disease and foot‐and‐mouth disease
Author(s) -
Casal J.,
Moreso J. M.,
PlanasCuchí E.,
Casal J.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
veterinary record
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 2042-7670
pISSN - 0042-4900
DOI - 10.1136/vr.140.26.672
Subject(s) - outbreak , foot and mouth disease , disease , foot and mouth disease virus , virus , atmospheric dispersion modeling , virology , veterinary medicine , biology , medicine , ecology , air pollution , pathology
The atmospheric dispersion of virus was simulated using a computer model which had been developed for predicting the dispersion of toxic gases from chemical engineering plants. The results were compared with data from four outbreaks in which virus was believed to have been transported by air: two outbreaks of foot‐and‐mouth disease in the United Kingdom in 1967 and outbreaks of Aujeszky's disease in Yorkshire in 1981 to 1982 and Indiana in 1988. There was relatively good agreement with most of these data. The paper shows that the model could be useful in an emergency because the risk of virus spread could be predicted in real time.