Climate-based models for understanding and forecasting dengue epidemics.

• Main Authors: Elodie Descloux (Author), Morgan Mangeas (Author), Christophe Eugène Menkes (Author), Matthieu Lengaigne (Author), Anne Leroy (Author), Temaui Tehei (Author), Laurent Guillaumot (Author), Magali Teurlai (Author), Ann-Claire Gourinat (Author), Justus Benzler (Author), Anne Pfannstiel (Author), Jean-Paul Grangeon (Author), Nicolas Degallier (Author), Xavier De Lamballerie (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: Dengue dynamics are driven by complex interactions between human-hosts, mosquito-vectors and viruses that are influenced by environmental and climatic factors. The objectives of this study were to analyze and model the relationships between climate, Aedes aegypti vectors and dengue outbr...