Exploring Zika's dynamics: A scoping review journey from epidemic to equations through mathematical modelling.

ABSTRACT: Zika virus (ZIKV) infection, along with the concurrent circulation of other arboviruses, presents a great public health challenge, reminding the utilization of mathematical modelling as a crucial tool for explaining its intricate dynamics and interactions with co-circulating pathogens. Through a scoping review, we aimed to discern current mathematical models investigating ZIKV dynamics, focusing on its interplay with other pathogens, and to identify underlying assumptions and deficiencies supporting attention, particularly regarding the epidemiological attributes characterizing Zika outbreaks. Following the PRISMA-Sc guidelines, a systematic search across PubMed, Web of Science, and MathSciNet provided 137 pertinent studies from an initial pool of 2446 papers, showing a diversity of modell

SUBMITTER: Romero-Leiton JP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11786632 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature