An epidemiological model of rift valley fever

Electronic Journal of Differential Equations

Volumn 2007, Issue , 2007, Pages 1-12

  Gaff, Holly D ^a   Hartley, David M ^b   Leahy, Nicole P ^c  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Compartmental model; Livestock disease; Mathematical epidemiology; Mosquito borne disease; Rift Valley fever; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548415328     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10726691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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