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Eco-Epidemiology Of Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus, Patrick Vander Kelen
Eco-Epidemiology Of Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus, Patrick Vander Kelen
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
ABSTRACT
Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus (EEEV) is an alphavirus with high pathogenicity in both humans and horses. Florida continues to have the highest occurrence of human cases in the USA, with four fatalities recorded in 2010. Unlike other states, Florida supports year-round EEEV transmission. This research uses Geographic Information Science (GIS) to examine spatial patterns of documented sentinel seroconversions and horse cases in order to understand the relationships between habitat and transmission intensity of EEEV in Florida. Sentinel sites were categorized as enzootic, periodically enzootic, and negative based on the amount of chicken seroconversions to EEEV. Sentinel sites were analyzed …