A geographical information system-based web model of arbovirus transmission risk in the continental United States of America | Zendy

Sarah K. Konrad | Zendy; LiWei Zou | Zendy; Scott N. Miller | Zendy

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A geographical information system-based web model of arbovirus transmission risk in the continental United States of America

Author(s) -

Sarah K. Konrad,

LiWei Zou,

Scott N. Miller

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

geospatial health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.545

H-Index - 36

eISSN - 1970-7096

pISSN - 1827-1987

DOI - 10.4081/gh.2012.114

Subject(s) - arbovirus , rift valley fever , transmission (telecommunications) , geography , cartography , virology , biology , computer science , virus , telecommunications

A degree-day (DD) model of West Nile virus capable of forecasting real-time transmission risk in the continental United States of America up to one week in advance using a 50-km grid is available online at https://sites. google.com/site/arbovirusmap/. Daily averages of historical risk based on temperatures for 1994-2003 are available at 10km resolution. Transmission risk maps can be downloaded from 2010 to the present. The model can be adapted to work with any arbovirus for which the temperature-related parameters are known, e.g. Rift Valley fever virus. To more effectively assess virus establishment and transmission, the model incorporates "compound risk" maps and forecasts, which includes livestock density as a parameter.

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