Estimating and modeling anthrax risk and brucellosis prevalence in Northern Vietnam
Abstract
A database of human and livestock anthrax outbreaks will be used for modeling/mapping anthrax risk across northern provinces. This will be complemented by molecular diagnostics and genotyping at Vietnamese institutions to improve detection and determine prevalent genotypes of B. anthracis circulating in-country and their relationship to global strains. We will later expand molecular work to Brucella spp. We will conduct human and animal serological surveys within and around active anthrax foci to measure anthrax exposure, which is currently unknown in Vietnamese. These sera will also be used to estimate brucellosis exposure. We will define priority areas for anthrax vaccination campaigns and veterinary brucellosis surveys. We will provide Vietnam’s first spatially explicit estimate of anthrax risk and brucellosis prevalence. Results will refine education campaigns to high risk communities to reduce exposure risk (changing slaughter habits and increasing vaccine). Results can be expanded to the Cambodia/Laos/Vietnam transboundary situation.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Dec 28, 2020
- Source ID
- HDTRA12010003
Entities
People
- Jason K Blackburn
Organizations
- Defense Threat Reduction Agency
- University of Florida