Vector-borne disease risk indexes in spatially structured populations.

ABSTRACT: There are economic and physical limitations when applying prevention and control strategies for urban vector borne diseases. Consequently, there are increasing concerns and interest in designing efficient strategies and regulations that health agencies can follow in order to reduce the imminent impact of viruses like Dengue, Zika and Chikungunya. That includes fumigation, abatization, reducing the hatcheries, picking up trash, information campaigns. A basic question that arise when designing control strategies is about which and where these ones should focus. In other words, one would like to know whether preventing the contagion or decrease vector population, and in which area of the city, is more efficient. In this work, we propose risk indexes based on the idea of secondary cases from p

SUBMITTER: Velazquez-Castro J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5825167 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature