Martim Geraldes (Portugal), Mónica Vieira Cunha (Portugal), José Lourenço (Portugal)
There is historical evidence for West Nile virus (WNV) transmission since 1979 in Portugal. However, to date, only four human infections and sporadic infections in equids have been detected. WNV is now endemic in most of the Mediterranean Basin with yearly epidemic activity in humans and equids. Informed by a large number of ecological and climate variables, machine learning approaches are being developed to unravel and characterize the ecological backgrounds matching historical evidence of WNV transmission in Portugal.
MSc thesis.
CLIMADE Europe