Defining the Risk of Zika and Chikungunya Virus Transmission in Human Population Centers of the Eastern United States

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Manore, Carrie A ^a,b,c   Ostfeld, Richard S ^d   Agusto, Folashade B ^e   Gaff, Holly ^f,g   LaDeau, Shannon L ^d  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c New Mexico Consortium ^*  (United States)

^d CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^f OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ARTICLE; CHIKUNGUNYA; HUMAN; MOSQUITO BITE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZIKA FEVER; ZIKA VIRUS; AEDES; ANIMAL; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; CITY; INSECT VECTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; CITIES; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; UNITED STATES; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 85012900680     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005255     Document Type: Article

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