Simulation modelling of population dynamics of mosquito vectors for rift valley Fever virus in a disease epidemic setting.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Rift Valley Fever (RVF) is weather dependent arboviral infection of livestock and humans. Population dynamics of mosquito vectors is associated with disease epidemics. In our study, we use daily temperature and rainfall as model inputs to simulate dynamics of mosquito vectors population in relation to disease epidemics.

Methods/findings

Time-varying distributed delays (TVDD) and multi-way functional response equations were implemented to simulate mosquito vectors and hosts developmental stages and to establish interactions between stages and phases of mosquito vectors in relation to vertebrate hosts for infection introduction in compartmental phases. An open-source modelling platforms, Universal Simulator and Qt integrated development environment were used to deve

SUBMITTER: Mweya CN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4178157 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature