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Volume 22, Number 12—December 2016
Research

Anomalous High Rainfall and Soil Saturation as Combined Risk Indicator of Rift Valley Fever Outbreaks, South Africa, 2008–2011

Roy WilliamsComments to Author , Johan Malherbe, Harold Weepener, Phelix Majiwa, and Robert Swanepoel
Author affiliations: Agricultural Research Council–Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, Onderstepoort, South Africa (R. Williams, P. Majiwa); Agricultural Research Council–Institute for Soil, Climate and Water, Pretoria, South Africa (J. Malherbe, H. Weepener); University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort (R. Swanepoel)

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Figure 1

Historic sites of Rift Valley fever (RVF) outbreaks in South Africa from 1950 through 2011 (A) and a base map indicating areas at low, moderate, and high risk for an outbreak (B). Each dot in panel A represents a RVF outbreak. The base map in panel B was created by an interpolation method based on the distance from historic sites: high risk (<20 km), moderate risk (>20 km to <40 km), and low risk (>40 km).

Figure 1. Historic sites of Rift Valley fever (RVF) outbreaks in South Africa from 1950 through 2011 (A) and a base map indicating areas at low, moderate, and high risk for an outbreak (B). Each dot in panel A represents a RVF outbreak. The base map in panel B was created by an interpolation method based on the distance from historic sites: high risk (<20 km), moderate risk (>20 km to <40 km), and low risk (>40 km).

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