Spatio-temporal dynamics of dengue in Brazil: Seasonal travelling waves and determinants of regional synchrony.

Dengue continues to be the most important vector-borne viral disease globally and in Brazil, where more than 1.4 million cases and over 500 deaths were reported in 2016. Mosquito control programmes and other interventions have not stopped the alarming trend of increasingly large epidemics in the pas...

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Main Authors: Mikhail Churakov, Christian J Villabona-Arenas, Moritz U G Kraemer, Henrik Salje, Simon Cauchemez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-04-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007012