Temperature modulates dengue virus epidemic growth rates through its effects on reproduction numbers and generation intervals.
Epidemic growth rate, r, provides a more complete description of the potential for epidemics than the more commonly studied basic reproduction number, R0, yet the former has never been described as a function of temperature for dengue virus or other pathogens with temperature-sensitive transmission....
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2017-07-01
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| Schriftenreihe: | PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases |
| Online Zugang: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5536440?pdf=render |