How do i bite thee? let me count the ways: Exploring the implications of individual biting habits of Aedes aegypti for dengue transmission.

• Main Authors: Rebecca C Christofferson (Author), Helen J Wearing (Author), Erik A Turner (Author), Christine S Walsh (Author), Henrik Salje (Author), Cécile Tran-Kiem (Author), Simon Cauchemez (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2022-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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In models of mosquito-borne transmission, the mosquito biting rate is an influential parameter, and understanding the heterogeneity of the process of biting is important, as biting is usually assumed to be relatively homogeneous across individuals, with time-between-bites described by an exponential...