Mapping the global geographic potential of Zika virus spread

The Americas are presently experiencing the most serious known outbreak of Zika virus (ZIKV). Here, we present a novel set of analyses using environmental characteristics, vector mosquito distributions, and socioeconomic risk factors to develop the first map to detail global ZIKV transmission risk i...

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Main Authors: Abdallah M. Samy, Stephanie M Thomas, Ahmed Abd El Wahed, Kevin P Cohoon, A. Townsend Peterson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762016000900559&lng=en&tlng=en