Modelling vector-borne diseases: epidemic and inter-epidemic activities with application to Rift Valley fever

A Thesis submitted to the Faculty of Science in ful lment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, School of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics. Johannesburg, 2016.

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