On the origin and timing of Zika virus introduction in Brazil

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 145, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 2303-2312

  Massad, E ^a,b   Burattini, M Nascimento ^a,c   Khan, K ^d   Struchiner, C J ^e   Coutinho, F A B ^a   Wilder Smith, A ^f,g,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

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

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^g UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^h NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Force of infection; French Polynesia; mathematical models; risk; Zika virus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRENCH POLYNESIA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOSQUITO; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPORTING EVENT; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZIKA FEVER; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; EPIDEMIC; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYNESIA; RISK; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRAVEL; VIROLOGY; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; BRAZIL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POLYNESIA; RISK; TRAVEL; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 85020546341     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268817001200     Document Type: Article

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