Mechanistic models of Rift Valley fever virus transmission: A systematic review

H Cecilia, A Drouin, R Métras… - PLoS Neglected …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Rift Valley fever (RVF) is a zoonotic arbovirosis which has been reported across Africa
including the northernmost edge, South West Indian Ocean islands, and the Arabian …

Optimal control assessment of Rift Valley fever model with vaccination and environmental sanitation in the presence of treatment delay

OD Falowo, S Olaniyi, AT Oladipo - Modeling Earth Systems and …, 2023 - Springer
Rift Valley fever (RVF) is an emerging viral infectious disease capable of infecting livestock
and human populations. Owing to possible delay in RVF diagnosis, as well as its potential …

Simulating contact networks for livestock disease epidemiology: a systematic review

WTM Leung, JW Rudge… - Journal of the Royal …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Contact structure among livestock populations influences the transmission of infectious
agents among them. Models simulating realistic contact networks therefore have important …

Expanding Understanding of Urban Rift Valley Fever Risk and Associated Vector Ecology at Slaughterhouses in Kisumu, Kenya

KN Gerken, KO Owuor, B Ndenga, S Wambua… - Pathogens, 2024 - mdpi.com
Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) is an adaptable arbovirus that can be transmitted by a wide
variety of arthropods. Widespread urban transmission of RVFV has not yet occurred, but peri …

Reconstructing Mayotte 2018–19 Rift Valley Fever outbreak in humans by combining serological and surveillance data

J Bastard, GA Durand, F Parenton, Y Hassani… - Communications …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Background Rift Valley Fever (RVF) is a zoonosis that affects large parts of Africa
and the Arabian Peninsula. RVF virus (RVFV) is transmitted to humans through contacts with …

Evidence of Eretmapodites subsimplicipes and Aedes albopictus as competent vectors for Rift Valley fever virus transmission in Mayotte

C Cêtre-Sossah, C Lebon, P Rabarison, E Cardinale… - Acta Tropica, 2023 - Elsevier
Rift Valley fever (RVF) recently re-emerged in Mayotte. We described, for the first time, that
the mosquito species Eretmapodites subsimplicipes, a highly abundant species in Mayotte …

Understanding knowledge, attitude and perception of Rift Valley fever in Baringo South, Kenya: A cross-sectional study

T Chiuya, EM Fevre, S Junglen… - PLOS Global Public …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Rift Valley fever (RVF) is a mosquito-borne viral hemorrhagic disease that affects humans
and livestock. In Kenya, the disease has spread to new areas like Baringo County, with a …

Contagion dynamics in time-varying metapopulation networks with node's activity and attractiveness

L Zeng, M Tang, Y Liu, S Yeop Yang… - Chaos: An Interdisciplinary …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
The metapopulation network model is a mathematical framework used to study the spatial
spread of epidemics with individuals' mobility. In this paper, we develop a time-varying …

Effectiveness and equity of vaccination strategies against Rift Valley fever in a heterogeneous landscape

WSD Tennant, E Cardinale, Y Moutroifi, SEF Spencer… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Spatio-temporal variations in environment and socio-agricultural factors create
heterogeneity in livestock disease transmission risk, raising challenges in identifying …

Localized Rift Valley Fever Virus Persistence Depends on a High Transovarial Transmission Fraction

MK Rostal, J Prentice, N Ross, A Kemp, PN Thompson… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) has spread beyond continental Africa and threatens to follow
West Nile, chikungunya and Zika viruses into the Americas. Its impact in new localities and …