A spatially-explicit simulation model of Rift Valley fever transmission

TLDR: This model involves two hosts (cattle and sheep) and two vectors (Aedes spp. and Culex spp).

Abstract: Methodology: The model involves two hosts (cattle and sheep) and two vectors (Aedes spp. and Culex spp.). Host dynamics are simulated using an individual-based model while vectors dynamics are simulated using compartmental model. Hosts’ characteristics and how they utilize their environment are programmed using static and dynamic rules. These are implemented in C++ programming language. The landscape on which the simulated processes take place is subdivided into spatial lattices of 500 x 500 m using a grid.