Decelerating spread of West Nile virus by percolation in a heterogeneous urban landscape.
Vector-borne diseases are emerging and re-emerging in urban environments throughout the world, presenting an increasing challenge to human health and a major obstacle to development. Currently, more than half of the global population is concentrated in urban environments, which are highly heterogene...
Main Authors: | Krisztian Magori, Waheed I Bajwa, Sarah Bowden, John M Drake |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2011-07-01
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Series: | PLoS Computational Biology |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3145642?pdf=render |
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