Modeling the dynamic transmission of dengue fever: Investigating disease persistence

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  de Castro Medeiros, Líliam César ^a   Castilho, César Augusto Rodrigues ^b   Braga, Cynthia ^c   de Souza, Wayner Vieira ^c   Regis, Leda ^c   Monteiro, Antonio Miguel Vieira ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS VECTOR;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROL SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; HUMAN; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; METAPOPULATION; NONHUMAN; PERIODICITY; POPULATION MOVEMENT PATTERN; POPULATION SIZE; STOCHASTIC MODEL; URBAN POPULATION; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; AEDES; ANIMAL; CITY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; VIROLOGY;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CITIES; DENGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 79851503387     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000942     Document Type: Article

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