An alternative model to explain the vectorial capacity using as example Aedes aegypti case in dengue transmission.

ABSTRACT: Vectorial capacity (VC), as a concept that describes the potential of a vector to transmit a pathogen, has had historical problems related to lacks in dimensional significance and high error propagation from parameters that take part in the model to output. Hence, values estimated with those equations are not sufficiently reliable to consider in control strategies or vector population study. In this paper, we propose a new VC model consistent at dimensional level, i.e., the definition and the equation of VC have same and consistent units, with a parameter estimation method and mathematical structure that reduces the uncertainty in model output, using as a case of study an Aedes aegypti population of the municipality of Bello, Colombia. After a literature review, we selected one VC equation

SUBMITTER: Catano-Lopez A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6820089 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature