Transmission potential of chikungunya virus and control measures: The case of italy

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Poletti, Piero ^a   Messeri, Gianni ^b,c,d   Ajelli, Marco ^a   Vallorani, Roberto ^c,d   Rizzo, Caterina ^e   Merler, Stefano ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE BRUNO KESSLER   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOMETEOROLOGY   (Italy)

^c LaMMA Consortium   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

^e ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHIKUNGUNYA; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL STRATEGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INFECTION RISK; ITALY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDICTION; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPIC CLIMATE; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; AEDES; ANIMAL; CLIMATE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; METABOLISM; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; CLIMATE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; ITALY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 79955820890     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018860     Document Type: Article

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