Fine scale spatiotemporal clustering of dengue virus transmission in children and Aedes aegypti in rural Thai villages.

• Main Authors: In-Kyu Yoon (Author), Arthur Getis (Author), Jared Aldstadt (Author), Alan L Rothman (Author), Darunee Tannitisupawong (Author), Constantianus J M Koenraadt (Author), Thanyalak Fansiri (Author), James W Jones (Author), Amy C Morrison (Author), Richard G Jarman (Author), Ananda Nisalak (Author), Mammen P Mammen (Author), Suwich Thammapalo (Author), Anon Srikiatkhachorn (Author), Sharone Green (Author), Daniel H Libraty (Author), Robert V Gibbons (Author), Timothy Endy (Author), Chusak Pimgate (Author), Thomas W Scott (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Based on spatiotemporal clustering of human dengue virus (DENV) infections, transmission is thought to occur at fine spatiotemporal scales by horizontal transfer of virus between humans and mosquito vectors. To define the dimensions of local transmission and quantify the factors that support it, we...