Dengue illness impacts daily human mobility patterns in Iquitos, Peru.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Human mobility plays a central role in shaping pathogen transmission by generating spatial and/or individual variability in potential pathogen-transmitting contacts. Recent research has shown that symptomatic infection can influence human mobility and pathogen transmission dynamics. Better understanding the complex relationship between symptom severity, infectiousness, and human mobility requires quantification of movement patterns throughout infectiousness. For dengue virus (DENV), human infectiousness peaks 0-2 days after symptom onset, making it paramount to understand human movement patterns from the beginning of illness. METHODOLOGY AND PRINCIPAL FINDINGS:Through community-based febrile surveillance and RT-PCR assays, we identified a cohort of DENV+ residents of the city of

SUBMITTER: Schaber KL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6776364 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature