Dynamic risk model for Rift Valley fever outbreaks in Kenya based on climate and disease outbreak data

Geospatial Health

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 95-103

  Gikungu, David ^a   Wakhungu, Jacob ^b   Siamba, Donald ^b   Neyole, Edward ^b   Muita, Richard ^a   Bett, Bernard ^c  

^a Kenya Meteorological Service   (Kenya)

^b MASINDE MULIRO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Kenya)

^c INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Early warning systems; Kenya; Livestock; Prediction model; Rift valley fever

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ANIMAL; EPIDEMIC; KENYA; LIVESTOCK; REPRODUCIBILITY; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE; VIROLOGY; WEATHER;

ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; KENYA; LIVESTOCK; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RAIN; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER;

EID: 84973130467     PISSN: 18271987     EISSN: 19707096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/gh.2016.377     Document Type: Article

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