@article{fdi:010081350,
  title = {{A}n agent-based model of a cutaneous leishmaniasis reservoir host, {M}eriones shawi},
  author = {{Z}aatour, {W}. and {M}arilleau, {N}icolas and {G}iraudoux, {P}. and {M}artiny, {N}. and {A}mara, {A}. {B}. and {B}en {M}iled, {S}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{M}eriones shawi ({M}.shawi) is the main reservoir host for zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis ({ZCL}) in {C}entral {T}unisia. {T}he incorporation of environmental and climatic effects on the spread of {ZCL} in {M}. shawi remains difficult. {T}his study presents an agent-based model ({ABM}) to overcome these difficulties and examine the impact of environment (i.e. vegetation cover) and climate (i.e. temperature) on {M}. shawi movement and prevalence. {T}he model simulation considers two agent types: rodent agent and field unit agent. {W}e tested the model according to two types of rodent movement: random and thoughtful. {W}e integrated time dependent normalized difference vegetation index ({NDVI}) in order to test the land cover effects on rodent movement and {ZCL} transmission. {T}he results confirmed that the spread of the disease depends on rodent movement. {W}e observed that prevalence and distribution are the closest to field data when the vegetation cover is highest and that rodents go for thoughtful movement. {I}n addition, we found that the nature of movement (random or thoughtful) and prevalence depends strongly on minimum food detection.},
  keywords = {{A}gent based model ; {Z}oonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis ; {M}eriones shawi ; {NDVI} ; {T}emperature ; {E}ntropy},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{E}cological {M}odelling},
  volume = {443},
  numero = {},
  pages = {109455 [13 p.]},
  ISSN = {0304-3800},
  year = {2021},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2021.109455},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010081350},
}