A model for the coupling of the Greater Bairam and local environmental factors in promoting Rift-Valley Fever epizootics in Egypt

Public Health

Volumn 130, Issue , 2016, Pages 64-71

  Gil, H ^a   Qualls, W A ^a   Cosner, C ^b   DeAngelis, D L ^b   Hassan, A ^c   Gad, A M ^c   Ruan, S ^b   Cantrell, S R ^b   Beier, J C ^a  

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

^b University of Miami   (United States)

^c AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Epizootics; Global health; Greater Bairam; Modeling; Rift Valley Fever

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH RISK; NUMERICAL MODEL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; VIRAL DISEASE;

ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EGYPT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; INDIVIDUALIZED BASED MODEL; LIVESTOCK; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS; RISK FACTOR; RUMINANT; SEASONAL VARIATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; SEASON; VIROLOGY; ZOONOSES;

EGYPT;

ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; EGYPT; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84953363724     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: 14765616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2015.07.034     Document Type: Article

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