Characterizing the likelihood of dengue emergence and detection in naïve populations

Abstract Background Vector-borne disease transmission is dependent on the many nuances of the contact event between infectious and susceptible hosts. Virus acquisition from a viremic human to a susceptible mosquito is often assumed to be nearly perfect and almost always uniform across the infectious...

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Main Authors: Rebecca C Christofferson, Christopher N Mores, Helen J Wearing
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2014-06-01
Series:Parasites & Vectors
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-7-282