Spatial and Temporal Clustering of Chikungunya Virus Transmission in Dominica.

• Main Authors: Elaine O Nsoesie (Author), R Paul Ricketts (Author), Heidi E Brown (Author), Durland Fish (Author), David P Durham (Author), Martial L Ndeffo Mbah (Author), Trudy Christian (Author), Shalauddin Ahmed (Author), Clement Marcellin (Author), Ellen Shelly (Author), Katharine Owers (Author), Natasha Wenzel (Author), Alison P Galvani (Author), John S Brownstein (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Using geo-referenced case data, we present spatial and spatio-temporal cluster analyses of the early spread of the 2013-2015 chikungunya virus (CHIKV) in Dominica, an island in the Caribbean. Spatial coordinates of the locations of the first 417 reported cases observed between December 15th, 2013 an...