Supervised by: Professor George Milne
The simulation shows how a model can simulate the effects of erecting barriers to slow or stop virus spread. As seen in the foot and mouth disease epidemic in Great Britain during 2001, a key to slowing down disease spread is restricting movement. Other measures included the culling of livestock or the inoculation of livestock.
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In this simulation scenario there are two sources of infection, each with a different sized barrier around it restricting host movement and providing no hosts for any viruses that try to cross.
The resultant epidemic spread is shown in the lag map. Notice that the virus is able to elude containment in the bottom right farm. Despite the farm itself becoming free of infectives, the neighbouring country side has become infective. The upper left farm is no longer contaminated and neither is its surrounding hinterland.
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