Evaluating neighborhood structures for modeling intercity diffusion of large-scale dengue epidemics.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Dengue fever is a vector-borne infectious disease that is transmitted by contact between vector mosquitoes and susceptible hosts. The literature has addressed the issue on quantifying the effect of individual mobility on dengue transmission. However, there are methodological concerns in the spatial regression model configuration for examining the effect of intercity-scale human mobility on dengue diffusion. The purposes of the study are to investigate the influence of neighborhood structures on intercity epidemic progression from pre-epidemic to epidemic periods and to compare definitions of different neighborhood structures for interpreting the spread of dengue epidemics. METHODS:We proposed a framework for assessing the effect of model configurations on dengue incidence in 201

SUBMITTER: Wen TH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5934834 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature