Sensitivity analysis of factors influencing the ecology of mosquitoes involved in the transmission of Rift Valley fever virus

Jessica Furber; Sophie North; Martha Betson; Christophe Boëte; Daniel Horton; Giovanni Lo Iacono

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0014187

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Sensitivity analysis of factors influencing the ecology of mosquitoes involved in the transmission of Rift Valley fever virus

Jessica Furber ,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: j.r.furber@surrey.ac.uk (JF); christophe.boete@ird.fr (CB)

Affiliation School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom
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Sophie North,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Software, Writing – original draft

Affiliation School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom
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Martha Betson,

Roles Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom
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Christophe Boëte ,

Roles Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: j.r.furber@surrey.ac.uk (JF); christophe.boete@ird.fr (CB)

Affiliation ISEM, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, Montpellier, France

https://orcid.org/0009-0004-9712-1614

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Daniel Horton,

Roles Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom, Department of Virology, Animal and Plant Health Agency, Woodham Lane, Addlestone, United Kingdom
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Giovanni Lo Iacono

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom, Institute for Sustainability, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom, The Surrey Institute for People-Centred Artificial Intelligence, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom
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Sensitivity analysis of factors influencing the ecology of mosquitoes involved in the transmission of Rift Valley fever virus

Jessica Furber,
Sophie North,
Martha Betson,
Christophe Boëte,
Daniel Horton,
Giovanni Lo Iacono

Published: April 13, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014187

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