Comparison of Two Detailed Models of Aedes aegypti Population Dynamics.

ABSTRACT: The success of control programs for mosquito borne diseases can be enhanced by crucial information provided by models of the mosquito populations. Models, however, can differ in their structure, complexity and biological assumptions, and these differences impact their predictions. Unfortunately, it is typically difficult to determine why two complex models make different predictions because we lack structured side-by-side comparisons of models using comparable parameterization. Here we present a detailed comparison of two complex, spatially-explicit, stochastic models of the population dynamics of Aedes aegypti, the main vector of dengue, yellow fever, chikungunya and Zika viruses. Both models describe the mosquito's biological and ecological characteristics, but differ in complexit

SUBMITTER: Legros M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5409521 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature