Rift Valley fever trasmission dynamics described by compartmental models

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 134, Issue , 2016, Pages 197-210

  Danzetta, Maria Luisa ^a   Bruno, Rossana ^a   Sauro, Francesca ^a   Savini, Lara ^a   Calistri, Paolo ^a  

^a ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELL ABRUZZO E DEL MOLISE G CAPORALE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Compartmental models; Epidemiology; Mathematical models; Rift Valley fever

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BOVINE; CAMEL; CATTLE DISEASE; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGY; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; CAMELUS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 84994493969     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2016.09.007     Document Type: Review

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