Assessing the suitability for Aedes albopictus and dengue transmission risk in China with a delay differential equation model.

• Main Authors: Soeren Metelmann (Author), Xiaobo Liu (Author), Liang Lu (Author), Cyril Caminade (Author), Keke Liu (Author), Lina Cao (Author), Jolyon M Medlock (Author), Matthew Baylis (Author), Andrew P Morse (Author), Qiyong Liu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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Dengue is considered non-endemic to mainland China. However, travellers frequently import the virus from overseas and local mosquito species can then spread the disease in the population. As a consequence, mainland China still experiences large dengue outbreaks. Temperature plays a key role in these...