Quantifying the spatial dimension of dengue virus epidemic spread within a tropical urban environment.

BACKGROUND: Dengue infection spread in naive populations occurs in an explosive and widespread fashion primarily due to the absence of population herd immunity, the population dynamics and dispersal of Ae. aegypti, and the movement of individuals within the urban space. Knowledge on the relative con...

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Main Authors: Gonzalo M Vazquez-Prokopec, Uriel Kitron, Brian Montgomery, Peter Horne, Scott A Ritchie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-01-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3006131?pdf=render