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| Title |
The transmission potential of Rift Valley fever virus among livestock in the Netherlands: a modelling study
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| Published in |
Veterinary Research, July 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/1297-9716-44-58 |
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| Authors |
Egil AJ Fischer, Gert-Jan Boender, Gonnie Nodelijk, Aline A de Koeijer, Herman JW van Roermund |
| Abstract |
Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) is a zoonotic vector-borne infection and causes a potentially severe disease. Many mammals are susceptible to infection including important livestock species. Although currently confined to Africa and the near-East, this disease causes concern in countries in temperate climates where both hosts and potential vectors are present, such as the Netherlands. Currently, an assessment of the probability of an outbreak occurring in this country is missing. To evaluate the transmission potential of RVFV, a mathematical model was developed and used to determine the initial growth and the Floquet ratio, which are indicators of the probability of an outbreak and of persistence in a periodic changing environment caused by seasonality. We show that several areas of the Netherlands have a high transmission potential and risk of persistence of the infection. Counter-intuitively, these are the sparsely populated livestock areas, due to the high vector-host ratios in these areas. Culex pipiens s.l. is found to be the main driver of the spread and persistence, because it is by far the most abundant mosquito. Our investigation underscores the importance to determine the vector competence of this mosquito species for RVFV and its host preference. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | 50% |
| Unknown | 2 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 75% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 25% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 3 | 2% |
| Kenya | 2 | 2% |
| Madagascar | 1 | <1% |
| Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 118 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 27 | 22% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 22 | 18% |
| Student > Master | 16 | 13% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 8 | 6% |
| Student > Bachelor | 6 | 5% |
| Other | 19 | 15% |
| Unknown | 27 | 22% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 38 | 30% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 19 | 15% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 8 | 6% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 7 | 6% |
| Mathematics | 5 | 4% |
| Other | 19 | 15% |
| Unknown | 29 | 23% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 09 November 2014.
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