Testing the intrinsic mechanisms driving the dynamics of Ross River Virus across Australia.

ABSTRACT: The mechanisms driving dynamics of many epidemiologically important mosquito-borne pathogens are complex, involving combinations of vector and host factors (e.g., species composition and life-history traits), and factors associated with transmission and reporting. Understanding which intrinsic mechanisms contribute most to observed disease dynamics is important, yet often poorly understood. Ross River virus (RRV) is Australia's most important mosquito-borne disease, with variable transmission dynamics across geographic regions. We used deterministic ordinary differential equation models to test mechanisms driving RRV dynamics across major epidemic centers in Brisbane, Darwin, Mandurah, Mildura, Gippsland, Renmark, Murray Bridge, and Coorong. We considered models with up to two vector speci

SUBMITTER: Koolhof IS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10868856 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature