A longitudinal survey of African swine fever in Uganda reveals high apparent disease incidence rates in domestic pigs, but absence of detectable persistent virus infections in blood and serum

Table 1 Risk factors for small-scale farms for ASF reports between first and second sampling (n = 179), 2010–2011

^a ASF between- Reports of ASF on farms during the one year between the first and second sampling visits. This is the dependent variable and the row variables in the table are the independent variables
^b The numbers in each of the cells under columns No, Yes and NA are relative proportions (percentages) of the total number of pigs (column Total, n) in each of the table rows
^c Awareness encompasses those farms where farmers expressed having knowledge on the symptoms, spread, control and prevention measures for ASF
^d Missing values
^e Biosecurity measures considered were presence of a fence to the farm, controlled entrance to the pig pens (presence of gate/door) and presence of foot baths

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