Downgrading disease transmission risk estimates using terminal importations.

• Main Authors: Spencer J Fox (Author), Steven E Bellan (Author), T Alex Perkins (Author), Michael A Johansson (Author), Lauren Ancel Meyers (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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As emerging and re-emerging infectious arboviruses like dengue, chikungunya, and Zika threaten new populations worldwide, officials scramble to assess local severity and transmissibility, with little to no epidemiological history to draw upon. Indirect estimates of risk from vector habitat suitabili...