A Spatially Explicit Metapopulation Model and Cattle Trade Analysis Suggests Key Determinants for the Recurrent Circulation of Rift Valley Fever Virus in a Pilot Area of Madagascar Highlands

• Gaëlle Nicolas,

  Affiliations International Centre of Research in Agronomy for Development (CIRAD), ES Department– AGIRs Unit, Montpellier, France, Paris-Est University, Anses, Laboratory for Animal Health, Epidemiology Unit, Maisons-Alfort, France

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• Véronique Chevalier,

  Affiliation International Centre of Research in Agronomy for Development (CIRAD), ES Department– AGIRs Unit, Montpellier, France

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• Luciano Michaël Tantely,

  Affiliation Pasteur Institute of Madagascar, Antananarivo, Madagascar

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• Didier Fontenille,

  Affiliation Research Institute for Development (IRD), MIVEGEC, Montpellier, France

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• Benoît Durand

  * E-mail: benoit.durand@anses.fr

  Affiliation Paris-Est University, Anses, Laboratory for Animal Health, Epidemiology Unit, Maisons-Alfort, France

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