A Modeling Approach to Investigate Epizootic Outbreaks and Enzootic Maintenance of Rift Valley Fever Virus

Bulletin of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 76, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2052-2072

  Chamchod, Farida ^a,b   Cantrell, Robert Stephen ^a   Cosner, Chris ^a   Hassan, Ali N ^c   Beier, John C ^d   Ruan, Shigui ^a  

^a University of Miami   (United States)

^b Mahidol University   (Thailand)

^c AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

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

Author keywords

Abnormal weather; Mathematical modeling; Optimal control; Rift Valley fever; Seasonality; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EPIDEMIC; IMMUNOLOGY; MOSQUITO; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS; RUMINANT; TRANSMISSION; VACCINATION; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CULICIDAE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS; RUMINANTS; VACCINATION; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84930764293     PISSN: 00928240     EISSN: 15229602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11538-014-9998-7     Document Type: Article

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