Impact of age-specific immunity on the timing and burden of the next Zika virus outbreak.
The 2015-2017 epidemics of Zika virus (ZIKV) in the Americas caused widespread infection, followed by protective immunity. The timing and burden of the next Zika virus outbreak remains unclear. We used an agent-based model to simulate the dynamics of age-specific immunity to ZIKV, and predict the fu...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2019-12-01
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Series: | PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007978 |