Interpretations and pitfalls in modelling vector-transmitted infections

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 143, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1803-1815

  Amaku, M ^a   Azevedo, F ^a   Burattini, M N ^a   Coutinho, F A B ^a   Lopez, L F ^a,b   Massad, E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dengue; mathematical modelling; vector borne infections

Indexed keywords

DENGUE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; MALARIA; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOSQUITO BITE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERWINTERING; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEROTYPE; YELLOW FEVER; ANIMAL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DENGUE; INSECT VECTORS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84930273086     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268814002660     Document Type: Review

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