Synchrony of sylvatic dengue isolations: a multi-host, multi-vector SIR model of dengue virus transmission in Senegal.

• Main Authors: Benjamin M Althouse (Author), Justin Lessler (Author), Amadou A Sall (Author), Mawlouth Diallo (Author), Kathryn A Hanley (Author), Douglas M Watts (Author), Scott C Weaver (Author), Derek A T Cummings (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Isolations of sylvatic dengue-2 virus from mosquitoes, humans and non-human primates in Senegal show synchronized multi-annual dynamics over the past 50 years. Host demography has been shown to directly affect the period between epidemics in other pathogen systems, therefore, one might expect unsync...