Spatial dynamics and the basic reproduction number of the 1991-1997 Cholera epidemic in Peru.

• Main Authors: Alexandra Smirnova (Author), Natalie Sterrett (Author), Oscar J Mujica (Author), César Munayco (Author), Luis Suárez (Author), Cécile Viboud (Author), Gerardo Chowell (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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After being cholera free for over 100 years, Peru experienced an unprecedented epidemic of Vibrio cholerae O1 that began in 1991 and generated multiple waves of disease over several years. We developed a mechanistic transmission model that accounts for seasonal variation in temperature to estimate s...