Drivers for Rift Valley fever emergence in Mayotte: A Bayesian modelling approach.

• Main Authors: Raphaëlle Métras (Author), Guillaume Fournié (Author), Laure Dommergues (Author), Anton Camacho (Author), Lisa Cavalerie (Author), Philippe Mérot (Author), Matt J Keeling (Author), Catherine Cêtre-Sossah (Author), Eric Cardinale (Author), W John Edmunds (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Rift Valley fever (RVF) is a major zoonotic and arboviral hemorrhagic fever. The conditions leading to RVF epidemics are still unclear, and the relative role of climatic and anthropogenic factors may vary between ecosystems. Here, we estimate the most likely scenario that led to RVF emergence on the...