Publications by authors named "Soufiene Sghaier"
Article Synopsis
- Bluetongue (BT) is a significant viral disease affecting ruminants, recently causing outbreaks in Tunisia during fall 2020, particularly in sheep and cattle.
- Major eco-climatic factors analyzed include day and night land surface temperatures, normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), and rainfall, with results indicating specific thresholds for these variables that correspond to increased BT cases.
- The study emphasizes the need for an effective early warning surveillance program in high-risk areas, leveraging these identified eco-climatic risk factors to better predict BT outbreaks.
The increasing threat of vector-borne diseases (VBDs) represents a great challenge to those who manage public and animal health. Determining the spatial distribution of arthropod vector species is an essential step in studying the risk of transmission of a vector-borne pathogen (VBP) and in estimating risk levels of VBD. Risk maps allow better targeting surveillance and help in designing control measures.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWest Nile virus (WNV) is an arthropod borne virus of public health importance. The virus is a member of the genus Flavivirus and belongs to the Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) antigenic complex under the Flaviviridae family. The WNV is continuously spreading across Tunisia especially in the coastal and Southern area of the country.
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