Fig. 1. Diagram illustrating the course of infection of ASF, and the parameters in the spatiotemporal clustering algorithm: E for the time of exposure to ASFV; I for the time to be infectious after the latent period from E; R for the time of death after infectious period from I; Duration of viable virus for the time period for transmission viability of ASFV from the R; D for the time of detection after detection delay from R; Buffer for death and Buffer for detection for the time periods for cases that were infected at the initial stage of the infectious period, and infected just before detection of the ASF-positive carcass, respectively.

ASF, African swine fever; ASFV, African swine fever virus.