A generic framework to model infection dynamics in a metapopulation of cattle herds
Résumé
Developing epidemiological models at a regional scale requires coupling within-farm epidemiological models, leading to complex structure. Such systems also require large computational resources. Our objective is to propose a generic framework to represent pathogenic spread in a metapopulation that could be used for any endemic host/pathogen system, as long as a herd epidemiological model is available. Two implementations have been tested and applied to a pathogen: Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis. One of them is optimized for distributed computing.