Drivers of Rift Valley fever virus persistence and the impact of control measures in a spatially heterogeneous landscape: the case of the Comoros archipelago, 2004-2015
W. S. D. Tennant, E. Cardinale, C. Cetre-Sossah…·R. Metras
This study uses a mathematical model to analyze RVF virus persistence and control measures in the Comoros archipelago, finding that environmental factors and animal movement drive transmission and that some islands can self-sustain the virus.