Rift Valley fever in northern Senegal: A modelling approach to analyse the processes underlying virus circulation recurrence

Durand Benoit, Lo Modou Moustapha, Tran Annelise, Ba Aminata, Sow Fafa, Belkhiria Jaber, Gueye Fall Assane, Biteye Biram, Grosbois Vladimir, Chevalier Véronique. 2020. Rift Valley fever in northern Senegal: A modelling approach to analyse the processes underlying virus circulation recurrence. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 14 (6):e0008009, 21 p.

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008009

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Résumé : Rift Valley fever (RVF) is endemic in northern Senegal, a Sahelian area characterized by a temporary pond network that drive both RVF mosquito population dynamics and nomadic herd movements. To investigate the mechanisms that explain RVF recurrent circulation, we modelled a realistic epidemiological system at the pond level integrating vector population dynamics, resident and nomadic ruminant herd population dynamics, and nomadic herd movements recorded in Younoufere area. To calibrate the model, serological surveys were performed in 2015–2016 on both resident and nomadic domestic herds in the same area. Mosquito population dynamics were obtained from a published model trained in the same region. Model comparison techniques were used to compare five different scenarios of virus introduction by nomadic herds associated or not with vertical transmission in Aedes vexans. Our serological results confirmed a long lasting RVF endemicity in resident herds (IgG seroprevalence rate of 15.3%, n = 222), and provided the first estimation of RVF IgG seroprevalence in nomadic herds in West Africa (12.4%, n = 660). Multivariate analysis of serological data suggested an amplification of the transmission cycle during the rainy season with a peak of circulation at the end of that season. The best scenario of virus introduction combined yearly introductions of RVFV from 2008 to 2015 (the study period) by nomadic herds, with a proportion of viraemic individuals predicted to be larger in animals arriving during the 2nd half of the rainy season (3.4%). This result is coherent with the IgM prevalence rate (4%) found in nomadic herds sampled during the 2nd half of the rainy season. Although the existence of a vertical transmission mechanism in Aedes cannot be ruled out, our model demonstrates that nomadic movements are sufficient to account for this endemic circulation in northern Senegal.

Mots-clés Agrovoc : Virus de la fièvre de la vallée du Rift, dynamique des populations, transmission des maladies, Aedes vexans, Culicidae, fièvre de la Vallée du Rift, modélisation

Mots-clés géographiques Agrovoc : Sénégal

Mots-clés libres : Rift Valley fever, Senegal, Modelling, Ruminants, Ponds, Mosquitoes, Population dynamics, Serology, Cattle

Classification Agris : L73 - Maladies des animaux
L72 - Organismes nuisibles des animaux
U10 - Informatique, mathématiques et statistiques

Champ stratégique Cirad : CTS 4 (2019-) - Santé des plantes, des animaux et des écosystèmes

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