Network analysis of pig movements in Ecuador: strengthening surveillance of classical swine fever
Alfredo Javier Acosta .1, Nicolas Cespedes.4, Luis Miguel Pisuna.2, Jason Onell Galvis .4, Rommel Lenin Vinueza5 , Kleber Stalin Vasquez .2, Jose Henrique Grisi-Filho.1, Marcos Amaku.1, Victor Salvador Gonçalves.3, Fernando Ferreira.1
1 Preventive Veterinary Medicine Department. School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science. University of São Paulo. Sao Paulo. Brazil. 2 Phytozoosanitary Regulation and Control Agency. Quito. Ecuador.
3 Faculty of Agronomy and Veterinary Medicine. University of Brasilia. Brasilia. Brazil.
4 Population Health and Pathobiology Department. College of Veterinary Medicine. North Carolina State University. Raleigh. USA. 5 San Francisco de Quito University. College of health sciences. Veterinary Medicine School. Quito. Ecuador.
Address for correspondence: Alfredo Acosta. School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science. University of São Paulo. Address: Av. Prof. Dr. Orlando Marques de Paiva, 87 - Cid. Universitária, São Paulo/SP. CEP 05508-270. Phone numbers: +55 11 97118 6016. e-mail:alfredoacosta@usp.br,alfredojavier55@gmail.com.
KEYWORDS: Classical swine fever; Social network analysis; Ecuador; Spatial analysis; Surveillance system; Policy.