Disease surveillance programmes ought to be evaluated regularly to ensure they provide
valuable information in an efficient manner. Evaluation of human and animal health …

Animal health surveillance programmes may change in response to altering requirements or
perceived weaknesses but are seldom subjected to any formal evaluation to ensure that …

This article aims is to create a liveability index that combines traditional population-based
datasets and non-traditional data sources from Uber services, potentially supporting when …

At the end of the 20th century, the phenomenon of urban shrinkage received widespread
attention, with population decline as its core characteristic. In 2020, the Taiwanese …

When analyzing the geographical variations of disease risk, one common problem is data
sparseness. In such a setting, we investigate the possibility of using Bayesian shared spatial …

Local spatial statistics measure and test for spatial association for a variable or variables of
interest in a geographic neighborhood surrounding a predefined location. Most applications …

Background Health officials and epidemiological researchers often use maps of disease
rates to identify potential disease clusters. Because these maps exaggerate the prominence …

There are calls from policy-makers and industry to use existing data sources to contribute to
livestock surveillance systems, especially for syndromic surveillance. However, the practical …

Bluetongue (BT) is a vector-borne viral disease of ruminants. The infection is widespread
globally with major implications for international animal trade and production. In 2006, BT …

A sudden increase in the incidence of scrapie in Italy in 1997 was subsequently linked to the
use of a potentially infected vaccine against contagious agalactia. The relative risk for the …