The role of human movement in the transmission of vector-borne pathogens.

• Main Authors: Steven T Stoddard (Author), Amy C Morrison (Author), Gonzalo M Vazquez-Prokopec (Author), Valerie Paz Soldan (Author), Tadeusz J Kochel (Author), Uriel Kitron (Author), John P Elder (Author), Thomas W Scott (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Human movement is a key behavioral factor in many vector-borne disease systems because it influences exposure to vectors and thus the transmission of pathogens. Human movement transcends spatial and temporal scales with different influences on disease dynamics. Here we develop a conceptual model to...