MVSE: An R-package that estimates a climate-driven mosquito-borne viral suitability index.

ABSTRACT: Viruses, such as dengue, Zika, yellow fever and chikungunya, depend on mosquitoes for transmission. Their epidemics typically present periodic patterns, linked to the underlying mosquito population dynamics, which are known to be driven by natural climate fluctuations. Understanding how climate dictates the timing and potential of viral transmission is essential for preparedness of public health systems and design of control strategies. While various alternative approaches have been proposed to estimate local transmission potential of such viruses, few open-source, ready to use and freely available software tools exist.We developed the Mosquito-borne Viral Suitability Estimator (MVSE) software package for the R programming environment. MVSE estimates the index P, a novel suitability index

SUBMITTER: Obolski U 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7202302 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature