Mapping Rift Valley Fever vectors and prevalence using rainfall variations

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 33-42

  Bicout, D J ^a   Sabatier, P ^a  

^a VETAGRO SUP   (France)

Author keywords

Arboviruses; Raifall; RVF prevalence; Stochastic dynamics; Vectors

Indexed keywords

RAIN; VIRUS VECTOR;

AEDES; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMIDITY; INCIDENCE; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIFT VALLEY FEVER BUNYAVIRUS; SENEGAL; SIMULATION; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; PREVALENCE; RAIN; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS; SEASONS; SENEGAL; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; ZOONOSES;

ARBOVIRUS; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS;

EID: 2942546253     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/153036604773082979     Document Type: Article

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