The use of social and contact networks to answer basic and applied questions about
infectious disease transmission in wildlife and livestock is receiving increased attention …

The science of networks has revolutionised research into the dynamics of interacting
elements. It could be argued that epidemiology in particular has embraced the potential of …

Agent-based modeling has become increasingly popular in recent years, but there is still no
codified set of recommendations or practices for how to use these models within a program …

Movement is a fundamental process of all organisms that has strong consequences for
individual fitness, gene flow, natural selection, adaptation, population persistence …

Background Existing epidemiological models have largely tended to neglect the impact of
individual behaviour on the dynamics of diseases. However, awareness of the presence of …

This handbook explains how to model epidemiological problems and improve inference
about disease etiology from a geographical perspective. Top epidemiologists, geographers …

Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is an acute and highly contagious infectious disease of
cloven-hoofed animals. In order to reveal the transmission dynamics and explore effective …

Despite their importance for the spread of zoonotic diseases, our understanding of the
dynamical aspects characterizing the movements of farmed animal populations remains …

Registration of cattle and pig movements is mandatory in Sweden and all registered
movements between farms in the years 2006–2008 were investigated using network …

Livestock movements are important in spreading infectious diseases and many countries
have developed regulations that require farmers to report livestock movements to …