RT Journal Article
T1 Introduction of African Swine Fever into the European Union through Illegal Importation of Pork and Pork Products
A1 Gubbins, Simon
A1 Costard, Solenne
A1 Jones, Bryony Anne
A1 Martínez López, Beatriz
A1 Mur, Lina
A1 de la Torre, Ana
A1 Martínez, Marta
A1 Sánchez Vizcaíno, Fernando
A1 Sánchez-Vizcaíno Rodríguez, José Manuel
A1 Pfeiffer, Dirk Udo
A1 Wieland, Barbara
AB Transboundary animal diseases can have very severe socio-economic impacts when introduced into new regions. The history of disease incursions into the European Union suggests that initial outbreaks were often initiated by illegal importation of meat and derived products. The European Union would benefit from decision-support tools to evaluate the risk of disease introduction caused by illegal imports in order to inform its surveillance strategy. However, due to the difficulty in quantifying illegal movements of animal products, very few studies of this type have been conducted. Using African swine fever as an example, this work presents a novel risk assessment framework for disease introduction into the European Union through illegal importation of meat and products. It uses a semi-quantitative approach based on factors that likely influence the likelihood of release of contaminated smuggled meat and products, and subsequent exposure of the susceptible population. The results suggest that the European Union is at non-negligible risk of African swine fever.
PB Public Library Science
SN 1932-6203
YR 2013
FD 2013
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/35302
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/35302
LA eng
NO Unión Europea. FP7
DS Docta Complutense
RD 12 abr 2025