ArticleNature communications2021
Modelling the persistence and control of Rift Valley fever virus in a spatially heterogeneous landscape.
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- Simulating contact networks for livestock disease epidemiology: a systematic review.Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2023Pooled it
- Mechanistic models of Rift Valley fever virus transmission: A systematic review.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2022Pooled it
- Knowledge mapping of risk mitigation measures against vector-borne diseases.EFSA journal. European Food Safety Authority · 2026Article
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- Seasonal variation in mosquito abundance and environmental predictors in semi-pastoral southern Kenya: implications for endemic Rift Valley fever.Parasites & vectors · 2025Article
- Recent advances in treatment and detection of Rift Valley fever virus: a comprehensive overview.Virus genes · 2025Review
- Effectiveness and equity of vaccination strategies against Rift Valley fever in a heterogeneous landscape.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2025Article
- Has the epidemiologic conundrum of Rift Valley fever changed?Tropical animal health and production · 2025Review
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- Stability analysis of Rift Valley fever transmission model with efficient and cost-effective interventions.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Expanding Understanding of Urban Rift Valley Fever Risk and Associated Vector Ecology at Slaughterhouses in Kisumu, Kenya.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Understanding knowledge, attitude and perception of Rift Valley fever in Baringo South, Kenya: A cross-sectional study.PLOS global public health · 2023Article
- Reconstructing Mayotte 2018-19 Rift Valley Fever outbreak in humans by combining serological and surveillance data.Communications medicine · 2022Article
- Modelling the persistence and control of Rift Valley fever virus in a spatially heterogeneous landscape.Nature communications · 2021Article
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Abstract
The persistence mechanisms of Rift Valley fever (RVF), a zoonotic arboviral haemorrhagic fever, at both local and broader geographical scales have yet to be fully understood and rigorously quantified. We developed a mathematical metapopulation model describing RVF virus transmission in livestock across the four islands of the Comoros archipelago, accounting for island-specific environments and inter-island animal movements. By fitting our model in a Bayesian framework to 2004-2015 surveillance data, we estimated the importance of environmental drivers and animal movements on disease persistence, and tested the impact of different control scenarios on reducing disease burden throughout the archipelago. Here we report that (i) the archipelago network was able to sustain viral transmission in the absence of explicit disease introduction events after early 2007, (ii) repeated outbreaks during 2004-2020 may have gone under-detected by local surveillance, and (iii) co-ordinated within-island control measures are more effective than between-island animal movement restrictions.
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