The risk of a mosquito-borne infection in a heterogeneous environment.
A common assumption about malaria, dengue, and other mosquito-borne infections is that the two main components of the risk of human infection--the rate at which people are bitten (human biting rate) and the proportion of mosquitoes that are infectious--are positively correlated. In fact, these two r...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2004-11-01
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| Series: | PLoS Biology |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0020368 |