Assessing the potential impact of vector-borne disease transmission following heavy rainfall events: A mathematical framework

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 374, Issue 1775, 2019, Pages

  Chowell, G ^a   Mizumoto, K ^a   Banda, J M ^b   Poccia, S ^c   Perrings, C ^d  

^a Association of Schools of Public Health   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Heavy rainfall event; Mathematical model; Mosquito borne disease; Transmission dynamics; Vector borne disease

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; EPIDEMIC; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MOSQUITO; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAINFALL;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA;

RAIN;

ANIMAL; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HURRICANE; MALE; MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; TEXAS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CULICIDAE; CYCLONIC STORMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RAIN; SEASONS; TEXAS; VECTOR BORNE DISEASES;

EID: 85065422478     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2018.0272     Document Type: Article

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