Modelling the Effects of Seasonality and Socioeconomic Impact on the Transmission of Rift Valley Fever Virus

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Xiao, Yanyu ^a,b   Beier, John C ^b   Cantrell, Robert Stephen ^a   Cosner, Chris ^a   DeAngelis, Donald L ^a   Ruan, Shigui ^a  

^a University of Miami   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

AEDES; ARTICLE; CULEX; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVESTOCK; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MULTIPLE PATCH MODEL; NONHUMAN; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SINGLE PATCH MODEL; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; VELOCITY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WATER CYCLE; AFRICA; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECONOMICS; MOSQUITO; PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; SEASON; TRANSMISSION; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVESTOCK; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PERIODICITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS; SEASONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84922248759     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003388     Document Type: Article

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