https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2012.114

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

Vol. 7 No. 1 (2012)
Submitted: 17 December 2014
Accepted: 17 December 2014
Published: 1 November 2012
West Nile virus, Rift Valley fever virus, transmission risk, early warning system, United States of America.
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Sarah K. Konrad
skonrad@uwyo.edu
University of Wyoming, Ecosystem Science and Management, Dept. 3354 Laramie, WY, United States.
Li Zou
University of Wyoming, Ecosystem Science and Management, Dept. 3354 Laramie, WY, United States.
Scott N. Miller
University of Wyoming, Ecosystem Science and Management, Dept. 3354 Laramie, WY, United States.
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 10- km 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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Konrad, S. K., Zou, L., & Miller, S. N. (2012). A geographical information system-based web model of arbovirus transmission risk in the continental United States of America. Geospatial Health, 7(1), 157–159. https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2012.114

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