Quantifying the risk of local Zika virus transmission in the contiguous US during the 2015–2016 ZIKV epidemic

Quantifying the risk of local Zika virus transmission in the contiguous US during the 2015–2016 ZIKV epidemic

Abstract Background Local mosquito-borne Zika virus (ZIKV) transmission has been reported in two counties in the contiguous United States (US), prompting the issuance of travel, prevention, and testing guidance across the contiguous US. Large uncertainty, however, surrounds the quantification of the...

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Main Authors: Kaiyuan Sun, Qian Zhang, Ana Pastore-Piontti, Matteo Chinazzi, Dina Mistry, Natalie E Dean, Diana Patricia Rojas, Stefano Merler, Piero Poletti, Luca Rossi, M Elizabeth Halloran, Ira M Longini, Alessandro Vespignani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-10-01
Series:BMC Medicine
Subjects:
Zika virus
Risk assessment
Computational modeling
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12916-018-1185-5

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