Dengue and the risk of urban yellow fever reintroduction in São Paulo State, Brazil

Dengue and the risk of urban yellow fever reintroduction in São Paulo State, Brazil

OBJECTIVE: To propose a mathematical method for the estimation of the Basic Reproduction Number, R0, of urban yellow fever in a dengue-infested area. METHODS: The method is based on the assumption that, as the same vector (Aedes aegypti) causes both infections, all the quantities related to the mosq...

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Main Authors: Massad Eduardo, Burattini Marcelo Nascimento, Coutinho Francisco Antonio Bezerra, Lopez Luiz Fernandes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2003-01-01
Series:Revista de Saúde Pública
Subjects:
Yellow fever/epidemiology
Dengue/epidemiology
Mathematical models
Disease outbreaks
Aedes
Yellow fever vaccine
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-89102003000400013

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