Modelling the effects of seasonality and socioeconomic impact on the transmission of rift valley Fever virus.

• Main Authors: Yanyu Xiao (Author), John C Beier (Author), Robert Stephen Cantrell (Author), Chris Cosner (Author), Donald L DeAngelis (Author), Shigui Ruan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Rift Valley fever (RVF) is an important mosquito-borne viral zoonosis in Africa and the Middle East that causes human deaths and significant economic losses due to huge incidences of death and abortion among infected livestock. Outbreaks of RVF are sporadic and associated with both seasonal and soci...