An epidemiological model for mosquito host selection and temperature-dependent transmission of West Nile virus

Abstract We extend a previously developed epidemiological model for West Nile virus (WNV) infection in humans in Greece, employing laboratory-confirmed WNV cases and mosquito-specific characteristics of transmission, such as host selection and temperature-dependent transmission of the virus. Host se...

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Main Authors: Augusto Fasano, Nicola Riccetti, Anastasia Angelou, Jaime Gomez-Ramirez, Federico Ferraccioli, Ioannis Kioutsioukis, Nikolaos I. Stilianakis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-11-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-24527-5