Testing the impact of virus importation rates and future climate change on dengue activity in Malaysia using a mechanistic entomology and disease model

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 143, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 2856-2864

  Williams, C R ^a   Gill, B S ^b   Mincham, G ^a   Mohd Zaki, A H ^b   Abdullah, N ^c   Mahiyuddin, W R W ^c   Ahmad, R ^d   Shahar, M K ^d   Harley, D ^e   Viennet, E ^e   Azil, A ^f   Kamaluddin, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malaysia)

^c INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Malaysia)

^d Institute for Medical Research   (Malaysia)

^e The Australian National University   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Arboviruses; dengue fever; epidemiology; estimating; modelling; prevalence of disease

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DENGUE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EPIDEMIC; INCIDENCE; MALAYSIA; SEROPREVALENCE; SIMULATION; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIRUS IMPORTATION RATE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEATHER; ZOOLOGY; AEDES; ANIMAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRANSMISSION;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DENGUE; ENTOMOLOGY; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84941022193     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095026881400380X     Document Type: Article

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