Research Article

Spatiotemporal Drivers of the African Swine Fever Epidemic in Lao PDR

Table 2

Association between the date of reporting (epidemic day) of African swine fever (ASF) cases in the 2019 Lao PDR outbreak and location within a protected (natural) area and ethno-linguistic family (Kruskal–Wallis test).

Risk factorsCategorySample sizeMedian epidemic dayTest statistic

Protected areaNo85630.0100.920
Yes5766

Ethno-linguistic familyHmong-Mi12747.1750.127
Lao-Tai4460
Mixed4873.5
Mon-Khmer4154
Sino-Tib781