Randomness of Dengue Outbreaks on the Equator

Chen, Yirong; Cook, Alex R.; Lim, Alisa X.L.

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Randomness of Dengue Outbreaks on the Equator

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Sep 2015
By Chen, Yirong ; Cook, Alex R. ; Lim, Alisa X.L.

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Alternative Title:

Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:

Chen, Yirong ; Cook, Alex R. ; Lim, Alisa X.L.
Description:

A simple mathematical model without seasonality indicated that the apparently chaotic dengue epidemics in Singapore have characteristics similar to epidemics resulting from chance. Randomness as a sufficient condition for patterns of dengue epidemics in equatorial regions calls into question existing explanations for dengue outbreaks there.
Subjects:

Aseasonality Communicable Disease Control Dengue Dengue Epidemics Disease Outbreaks Dispatch Equator Humans Incidence Models, Theoretical Randomness Singapore Vectorborne Infections Viral Infections
Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 21(9):1651-1653
Pubmed ID:

26291469
Pubmed Central ID:

PMC4550167
Document Type:

Journal Article
Volume:

21
Issue:

9
Collection(s):

Emerging Infectious Diseases
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urn:sha256:bb0889838033f6db1adb2f0f082dc02082984cdfe03a19ac5305f0c4c81bdb41
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https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/33136/cdc_33136_DS1.pdf
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