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Empirical Persistence Thresholds in Urban Arbovirus Dynamics: The Interplay of Population Size, Climate, and Urban Hierarchy in Brazil
2026-05-07
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The classical concept of Critical Community Size (CCS) as formulated by Bartlett defines the minimum host population required for a pathogen to persist endemically without stochastic extinction. While this framework successfully described directly transmitted childhood infections in relatively isolated populations, it is increasingly inadequate for modern urban systems characterized by strong connectivity between...
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- 10.64898/2026.05.05.722903