Statistical modeling of the abundance of vectors of West African Rift Valley fever in Barkedji, Senegal.

ABSTRACT: Rift Valley fever is an emerging mosquito-borne disease that represents a threat to human and animal health. The exophilic and exophagic behavior of the two main vector in West Africa (Aedes vexans and Culex poicilipes), adverse events post-vaccination, and lack of treatment, render ineffective the disease control. Therefore it is essential to develop an information system that facilitates decision-making and the implementation of adaptation strategies. In East Africa, RVF outbreaks are linked with abnormally high rainfall, and can be predicted up to 5 months in advance by modeling approaches using climatic and environmental parameters. However, the application of these models in West Africa remains unsatisfactory due to a lack of data for animal and human cases and differences in the dyna

SUBMITTER: Talla C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4250055 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature