Spatial Heterogeneity of Habitat Suitability for Rift Valley Fever Occurrence in Tanzania: An Ecological Niche Modelling Approach.

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Published in PLoS Negl Trop Dis on September 21, 2016

Authors

Calvin Sindato1,2,3, Kim B Stevens4, Esron D Karimuribo2,3, Leonard E G Mboera5, Janusz T Paweska6,7, Dirk U Pfeiffer4

Author Affiliations

1: National Institute for Medical Research, Tabora, Tanzania.
2: Department of Veterinary Medicine and Public Health, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania.
3: Southern African Centre for Infectious Disease Surveillance, Morogoro, Tanzania.
4: Veterinary Epidemiology, Economics & Public Health Group, Department of Production & Population Health, Royal Veterinary College, London, United Kingdom.
5: National Institute for Medical Research, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
6: Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Diseases, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, of the National Health Laboratory Service, Sandringham, South Africa.
7: School of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

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