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.