Dynamics and determinants of the force of infection of dengue virus from 1994 to 2015 in Managua, Nicaragua [Medical Sciences]

Dengue virus (DENV) is the most prevalent human vector-borne viral disease. The force of infection (FoI), the rate at which susceptible individuals are infected in a population, is an important metric for infectious disease modeling. Understanding how and why the FoI of DENV changes over time is critical for developing...

Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - October 16, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Leah C. Katzelnick, Rotem Ben–Shachar, Juan Carlos Mercado, Isabel Rodriguez–Barraquer, Douglas Elizondo, Sonia Arguello, Andrea Nunez, Sergio Oȷeda, Nery Sanchez, Brenda Lopez Mercado, Lionel Gresh, Raquel Burger–Calderon, Guille Tags: Biological Sciences Source Type: research