Seasonal patterns of dengue fever in rural Ecuador: 2009-2016.

• Main Authors: Rachel Sippy (Author), Diego Herrera (Author), David Gaus (Author), Ronald E Gangnon (Author), Jonathan A Patz (Author), Jorge E Osorio (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Season is a major determinant of infectious disease rates, including arboviruses spread by mosquitoes, such as dengue, chikungunya, and Zika. Seasonal patterns of disease are driven by a combination of climatic or environmental factors, such as temperature or rainfall, and human behavioral time tren...