Development and Assessment of a Geographic Knowledge-Based Model for Mapping Suitable Areas for Rift Valley Fever Transmission in Eastern Africa

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2016, Pages

  Tran, Annelise ^a   Trevennec, Carlène ^b   Lutwama, Julius ^c   Sserugga, Joseph ^d   Gély, Marie ^a   Pittiglio, Claudia ^b   Pinto, Julio ^b   Chevalier, Véronique ^a  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

^c UGANDA VIRUS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Uganda)

^d Animal Industry and Fisheries   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; MARKETING; NONHUMAN; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RISK FACTOR; RUMINANT; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WILDLIFE; ANIMAL; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; LIVESTOCK; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MOSQUITO; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSMISSION; VALIDATION STUDY; VIROLOGY; ZOONOSES;

AFRICA, EASTERN; ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; DATA ACCURACY; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; LIVESTOCK; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84991787663     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004999     Document Type: Article

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