Inter-Epidemic and Between-Season Persistence of Rift Valley Fever: Vertical Transmission or Cryptic Cycling?

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 13-23

  Manore, C A ^a,b   Beechler, B R ^c  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African buffalo; Inter epidemic persistence; Mathematical model; Mosquito borne disease; Rift Valley fever; Seasonal variation; Vertical transmission; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

SYNCERUS CAFFER;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EPIDEMIC; LIVESTOCK; MOSQUITO; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS; SEASON; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSMISSION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CULICIDAE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; LIVESTOCK; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS; SEASONS; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84920287424     PISSN: 18651674     EISSN: 18651682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tbed.12082     Document Type: Article

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