Man bites mosquito: understanding the contribution of human movement to vector-borne disease dynamics.

In metropolitan areas people travel frequently and extensively but often in highly structured commuting patterns. We investigate the role of this type of human movement in the epidemiology of vector-borne pathogens such as dengue. Analysis is based on a metapopulation model where mobile humans conne...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ben Adams, Durrell D Kapan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-08-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2727792?pdf=render