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Seth C. Britch
Researcher at United States Department of Agriculture
Publications - 58
Citations - 1883
Seth C. Britch is an academic researcher from United States Department of Agriculture. The author has contributed to research in topics: Rift Valley fever & Population. The author has an hindex of 19, co-authored 58 publications receiving 1666 citations. Previous affiliations of Seth C. Britch include Agricultural Research Service & New Mexico State University.
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Prediction of a Rift Valley fever outbreak.
Assaf Anyamba,Jean-Paul Chretien,Jennifer Small,Compton J. Tucker,Pierre Formenty,Jason H. Richardson,Seth C. Britch,David Schnabel,Ralph L. Erickson,Kenneth J. Linthicum +9 more
TL;DR: A Rift Valley fever risk mapping model using El Niño/Southern Oscillation related climate anomalies predicted areas where outbreaks of RVF in humans and animals were expected and occurred in the Horn of Africa from December 2006 to May 2007, the first prospective prediction of a RVF outbreak.
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Rift Valley Fever: An Emerging Mosquito-Borne Disease*
TL;DR: A review of recent research on RVF highlights recent research, focusing on vectors and their ecology, transmission dynamics, and use of environmental and climate data to predict disease outbreaks.
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Prediction, Assessment of the Rift Valley Fever Activity in East and Southern Africa 2006–2008 and Possible Vector Control Strategies
Assaf Anyamba,Kenneth J. Linthicum,Jennifer Small,Seth C. Britch,Edwin W. Pak,Stephane de La Rocque,Pierre Formenty,Allen W. Hightower,Robert F. Breiman,Jean-Paul Chretien,Compton J. Tucker,David Schnabel,Rosemary Sang,Karl A. Haagsma,Mark D. Latham,Henry B. Lewandowski,Salih Osman Magdi,Mohamed A. Mohamed,Patrick Nguku,Jean-Marc Reynes,Robert Swanepoel +20 more
TL;DR: Using satellite measurements of global and regional elevated sea surface temperatures, elevated rainfall, and satellite derived-normalized difference vegetation index data, this series of prospective predictions of RVF outbreaks provides a baseline for improved early warning, control, response planning, and mitigation into the future.
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Recent Weather Extremes and Impacts on Agricultural Production and Vector-Borne Disease Outbreak Patterns
Assaf Anyamba,Jennifer Small,Seth C. Britch,Compton J. Tucker,Edwin W. Pak,Curt Reynolds,James Crutchfield,Kenneth J. Linthicum +7 more
TL;DR: It is demonstrated that shifts in temperature and/or precipitation have significant impacts on vegetation patterns with attendant consequences for agriculture and public health and assessments of land surface conditions from satellite-based systems such as MODIS can be a valuable tool in national, regional, and global weather impact determinations.
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Climate Teleconnections and Recent Patterns of Human and Animal Disease Outbreaks
Assaf Anyamba,Kenneth J. Linthicum,Jennifer Small,Katherine M. Collins,Compton J. Tucker,Edwin W. Pak,Seth C. Britch,James Ronald Eastman,Jorge E. Pinzon,Kevin L. Russell +9 more
TL;DR: Extremes in climate conditions forced by the El Niño/Southern Oscillation lead to severe droughts or floods, ideal ecological conditions for disease vectors to emerge, and may result in epizootics and epidemics of Rift Valley fever and chikungunya populations.