Dengue and the risk of urban yellow fever reintroduction in São Paulo State, Brazil Dengue e risco da reintrodução da febre amarela urbana no Estado de São Paulo

Dengue and the risk of urban yellow fever reintroduction in São Paulo State, Brazil Dengue e risco da reintrodução da febre amarela urbana no Estado de São Paulo

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: Eduardo Massad, Marcelo Nascimento Burattini, Francisco Antonio Bezerra Coutinho, Luiz Fernandes Lopez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2003-08-01
Series:Revista de Saúde Pública
Subjects:
Febre amarela
Dengue
Modelos matemáticos
Surtos de doenças
Aedes
Vacina contra febre amarela
Yellow fever
Mathematical models
Disease outbreaks
Yellow fever vaccine
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