Risk Factors for the Transmission of FMD during the 2010 Outbreak in Japan: a Case-control Study
Looking at the spread of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), researchers in Japan found that physical barriers helped to reduce the spread of infection in those areas where animal movements were forbidden. In shipment restriction areas, however, it was movements of people and vehicles that were most strongly associated with disease spread. Some differences were observed in the spread between farms with cattle or pigs.