A Geographical Information System-Based Multicriteria Evaluation to Map Areas at Risk for Rift Valley Fever Vector-Borne Transmission in Italy

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Volumn 60, Issue SUPPL.2, 2013, Pages 14-23

  Tran, A ^a,b   Ippoliti, C ^c   Balenghien, T ^a   Conte, A ^c   Gely, M ^a   Calistri, P ^c   Goffredo, M ^c   Baldet, T ^a   Chevalier, V ^a  

^a UMR ASTRE   (France)

^b UMR TETIS   (France)

^c ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELL ABRUZZO E DEL MOLISE G CAPORALE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Emerging disease; Geographical information system; Italy; Multicriteria decision analysis; Multicriteria evaluation; Rift Valley fever

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BOVIDS; CATTLE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EMERGING DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; EVALUATION STUDY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GOAT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; MOSQUITO; MULTICRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS; MULTICRITERIA EVALUATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RIFT VALLEY FEVER BUNYAVIRUS; SHEEP; STATISTICS; VIROLOGY;

EMERGING DISEASE; GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; ITALY; MULTICRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS; MULTICRITERIA EVALUATION; RIFT VALLEY FEVER;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CULICIDAE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE VECTORS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GOATS; ITALY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS; RNA, VIRAL; RUMINANTS; SHEEP;

EID: 84887434250     PISSN: 18651674     EISSN: 18651682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tbed.12156     Document Type: Article

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