Mosquito-Disseminated Insecticide for Citywide Vector Control and Its Potential to Block Arbovirus Epidemics: Entomological Observations and Modeling Results from Amazonian Brazil.

Autor: Fernando Abad-Franch, Elvira Zamora-Perea, Sérgio L B Luz
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: PLoS Medicine, Vol 14, Iss 1, p e1002213 (2017)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1549-1277
1549-1676
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002213
Popis: BACKGROUND:Mosquito-borne viruses threaten public health worldwide. When the ratio of competent vectors to susceptible humans is low enough, the virus's basic reproductive number (R0) falls below 1.0 (each case generating, on average,
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