Research Article

Spatiotemporal Drivers of the African Swine Fever Epidemic in Lao PDR

Table 1

Description of 15 risk factors that were used to explore the drivers for spread of African swine fever virus in Lao PDR in 2019.

Risk factorsVariablesLevels

Protected areaWhether or not case is located within a protected areaNational protected area, national protection forest, and national production forest
If the case is not located within a protected area, distance (decimal degrees) to the nearest protected area0 to 0.425
The number of protected areas within 10 km of the case location0, 1, 2, 3, 4
Land area (km2) of the protected area within 10 km of the case location0 to 339
Proportion (%) of the protected area within 10 km of the case location0 to 100

Households with pigsShare of pig ownership (%) in the village at the case location0 to 100
The average share of pig ownership (%) within 10 km of the case location0 to 100

Number of pigsThe sum of number of owned pigs within 10 km of the case location0 to 9405

RoadsThe number of roads within the 10 km of the case location0 to 12
The length (km) of roads within 10 km of the case location0 to 81

Incidence of poverty% Population living below the poverty line at the case location1.32 to 82.18
Average % population living below the poverty line within 10 km of the case location6.61 to 73.32

Number of poor peopleThe number of people below the poverty line at the case location6.59 to 1957.34
The average number of people below the poverty line within 10 km of the case location34.32 to 603.53

Ethno-linguistic familyDominant (>80%) ethno-linguistic family dominated at the case locationLao-Tai, Sino-Tibetan, Hmong-Mien, Mon-Khmer, and mixed