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Table 2 Characteristics (in number per 5 by 5 km area) of a sparsely (SPLA) and a densely (DPLA) populated livestock area in the Netherlands, and the resulting Floquet ratio R T

From: The transmission potential of Rift Valley fever virus among livestock in the Netherlands: a modelling study

Area

Cattle

Sheep & goat

Ae. vexans

Cx. pipiens

Vector-host ratio

Floquet ratio R T

SPLA

125

75

3100

32500

178

45 1012

DPLA

11625

2875

3100

32500

2.5

6 10-4

  1. Mosquito densities are obtained from the modelled data and areas are selected with equal numbers of vectors.
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Veterinary Research

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