An agent-based model of tsetse fly response to seasonal climatic drivers: Assessing the impact on sleeping sickness transmission rates.

• Main Authors: Simon Alderton (Author), Ewan T Macleod (Author), Neil E Anderson (Author), Gwen Palmer (Author), Noreen Machila (Author), Martin Simuunza (Author), Susan C Welburn (Author), Peter M Atkinson (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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This paper presents the development of an agent-based model (ABM) to incorporate climatic drivers which affect tsetse fly (G. m. morsitans) population dynamics, and ultimately disease transmission. The model was used to gain a greater understanding of how tsetse populations fluctuate seasonally, and...