What is the clinical evidence from this study?

Study design: Cohort. Population: Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD). Intervention: Impala density, age, sex, and season. Primary outcome: Seropositivity for foot-and-mouth disease virus.

February 4, 2009Transboundary and Emerging DiseasesOpen Access

Longitudinal Study to Investigate the Role of Impala (Aepyceros melampus) in Foot-and-Mouth Disease Maintenance in the Kruger National Park, South Africa

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Key result

Higher density, older age, and female sex link to increased sub-clinical FMD risk in impala.

Population

Impala in three sampling sites with different histories of FMD outbreaks and varying ecology in the Kruger…

Design

Cohort

Follow-up

10 years

Authors

WVWilna VoslooCommonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation PTPeter N. ThompsonOnderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital BBB. BothaKarl Bremer Hospital

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Implication

Suggests impala may sustain FMD circulation; leaves open whether density management alters transmission risk in southern Africa.

Study Design

Type

Cohort

Multicenter

Yes

Structured PICO

Population

Longitudinal study of impala in the Kruger National Park sampled over 10 years to investigate their role in maintaining foot-and-mouth disease virus.

Outcome

Clinical foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) and serological evidence of infection

Sub-clinical FMD infection in impala may be more regular than previously suspected, highlighting their potential role in propagating the disease in southern Africa.

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Vosloo et al. (2009) conducted a cohort in Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD). Impala density, age, sex, and season was evaluated on Seropositivity for foot-and-mouth disease virus. Sub-clinical FMD infection in impala is frequent, with females, older animals, and higher impala density associated with increased risk of seropositivity and disease transmission from buffalo.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aa38794625a3fdb5b7490c6 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1865-1682.2008.01059.x

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Longitudinal Study to Investigate the Role of Impala (Aepyceros melampus) in Foot-and-Mouth Disease Maintenance in the Kruger National Park, South Africa

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Longitudinal Study to Investigate the Role of Impala (Aepyceros melampus) in Foot-and-Mouth Disease Maintenance in the Kruger National Park, South Africa

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