Modeling mosquito-borne diseases in complex urban environments

Acta Tropica

Volumn 176, Issue , 2017, Pages 332-334

  Ajelli, Marco ^a,b  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FONDAZIONE BRUNO KESSLER   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGOLA; BRAZIL; CHIKUNGUNYA; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; ITALY; LETTER; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; URBAN AREA; ZIKA FEVER; ZIKA VIRUS;

EID: 85028884037     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2017.08.026     Document Type: Letter

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