Temperature modulates dengue virus epidemic growth rates through its effects on reproduction numbers and generation intervals.

• Main Authors: Amir S Siraj (Author), Rachel J Oidtman (Author), John H Huber (Author), Moritz U G Kraemer (Author), Oliver J Brady (Author), Michael A Johansson (Author), T Alex Perkins (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Epidemic growth rate, r, provides a more complete description of the potential for epidemics than the more commonly studied basic reproduction number, R0, yet the former has never been described as a function of temperature for dengue virus or other pathogens with temperature-sensitive transmission....