Journal article
Epidemiological and ecological determinants of Zika virus transmission in an urban setting
- Abstract:
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The Zika virus has emerged as a global public health concern. Its rapid geographic expansion is attributed to the success of Aedes mosquito vectors, but local epidemiological drivers are still poorly understood. Feira de Santana played a pivotal role in the Chikungunya epidemic in Brazil and was one of the first urban centres to report Zika infections. Using a climate-driven transmission model and notified Zika case data, we show that a low observation rate and high vectorial capacity transla...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
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Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- eLife Sciences Publications Publisher's website
- Journal:
- eLife Journal website
- Volume:
- 6
- Issue:
- eLife 2017
- Article number:
- e29820
- Place of publication:
- England
- Publication date:
- 2017-09-09
- Acceptance date:
- 2017-09-04
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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2050-084X
- Pmid:
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28887877
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- Language:
- English
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- Pubs id:
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729276
- Local pid:
- pubs:729276
- Deposit date:
- 2020-06-15
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- Copyright holder:
- Lourenço et al.
- Copyright date:
- 2017
- Rights statement:
- © Lourenço et al. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License
- Licence:
- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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