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Bridging the Gap Between Experimental Data and Model Parameterization for Chikungunya Virus Transmission Predictions.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 15 Dec 2016
Christofferson Rebecca C, Mores Christopher N, Wearing Helen J
Abstract excerpt
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) has experienced 2 major expansion events in the last decade. The most recently emerged sublineage (ECSA-V) was shown to have increased efficiency in a historically secondary vector, Aedes albopictus, leading to speculation that this was a major factor in expansion. Subsequently, a number of experimental studies focused on the vector competence of CHIKV, as well as transmission modeling...
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