Parameterization and sensitivity analysis of a complex simulation model for mosquito population dynamics, dengue transmission, and their control

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 257-264

  Ellis, Alicia M ^a,b   Garcia, Andres J ^c   Focks, Dana A ^c   Morrison, Amy C ^a,d   Scott, Thomas W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTAINER INHABITING MOSQUITO SIMULATION MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE TRANSMISSION MODEL; DENGUE VIRUS 1; DENGUE VIRUS 2; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE; MALE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SIZE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TROPIC CLIMATE; VECTOR CONTROL; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CULICIDAE; DENGUE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; LARVA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOSQUITO CONTROL; OVUM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PUPA;

EID: 79953783357     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.10-0516     Document Type: Article

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