Dear Paul and colleagues I would like to propose that we should not be looking at this issue in a linear manner as if all we need to do is press button A to get to B. It is complex and we should be assessing the system that is driving the disease, its emergence and persistence. I have no problem with an aggressive epidemiologically guided control policy focusing on key ecological niches for the virus across the regions - PPR will have its hideaways and they need to be identified and then control measures applied. But I fear we have not developed the right model in order to understand what is going on or for the coordinated approach yet. Perhaps this could be an objective of this initiative to propose this as one of the key recommendations? This is not a simple SEIR model but one that explicitly takes complex multiple species and social ecological conditions into account. I have already voiced concern over our abilities currently to know, in anything close to real time, what is going on with PPR in Africa. We think the virus is still holed up in Tanzania and Congo are we sure? I have been noting increasing reports of ocular disease in wild ruminants in the northern border area of South Africa in recent weeks. Has anyone looked there for PPR? We need to recognise and document how insensitive our surveillance systems are and our incapacities to act in the regions before we contemplate the solutions which will require significant funding. No halfway on this I suspect... Sincerely Richard From: Establishment of a PPR Global Research and Expertise Network (PPR-GREN) [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Paul Rossiter Sent: 13 February 2014 08:55 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: From Dr Darab Abdollahi replying to Drs Peter Roeder and Satya Parida Dear Peter, I agree with Satya, vaccine and vaccination are not main key element right now, it should be focused of epidemiology, diagnosis (especially rapid field test) and training. most of outbreaks reported clinically and up to 30% are not PPR. thanks Darab abdollahi DVM Deputy Director of Bureau of Animal Health and Disease Management Iran Veterinary Organization (IVO) Vali Asr Avenue, Seyd Jamaledin Asad Abadi Street Tehran 6349, Islamic Republic of Iran ________________________________ To unsubscribe from the FAO-AnimalHealth-L list, click the following link: https://listserv.fao.org/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=FAO-AnimalHealth-L&A=1 [RVC Logo - link to RVC Website]<http://www.rvc.ac.uk> [Twitter icon - link to RVC (Official) Twitter] <http://twitter.com/RoyalVetCollege> [Facebook icon - link to RVC (Official) Facebook] <http://www.facebook.com/theRVC> [YouTube icon - link to RVC YouTube] <http://www.youtube.com/user/RoyalVetsLondon?feature=mhee> [Pinterest icon - link to RVC Pinterest] <http://pinterest.com/royalvetcollege/> [Instagram icon - link to RVC Instagram] <http://instagram.com/royalvetcollege> This message, together with any attachments, is intended for the stated addressee(s) only and may contain privileged or confidential information. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the Royal Veterinary College (RVC). If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender and be advised that you have received this message in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying is strictly prohibited. Unless stated expressly in this email, this email does not create, form part of, or vary any contractual or unilateral obligation. Email communication cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, amended, lost, destroyed, incomplete or contain viruses. Therefore, we do not accept liability for any such matters or their consequences. Communication with us by email will be taken as acceptance of the risks inherent in doing so. ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the FAO-AnimalHealth-L list, click the following link: https://listserv.fao.org/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=FAO-AnimalHealth-L&A=1