Localized Rift Valley Fever Virus Persistence Depends on a High Transovarial Transmission Fraction
M. K. Rostal, J. Prentice, N. Ross, A. Kemp, P. Thompson, A. Anyamba, S. Cleaveland, C. Cordel, V. Msimang, P. Jansen van Vuren, D. Haydon, W. B. Karesh, J. Paweska, L. Matthews
This study models Rift Valley fever virus persistence via transovarial transmission and finds that a high TOT fraction enables localized persistence with realistic seroprevalence patterns.
bioRxiv · Oct 27, 2023 · PreprintEcology