First outbreak of Zika virus in the continental United States: a modelling analysis

G Marini, G Guzzetta, R Rosà, S Merler - Eurosurveillance, 2017 - eurosurveillance.org
Since 2015, Zika virus (ZIKV) has spread throughout Latin and Central America. This
emerging infectious disease has been causing considerable public health concern because …

Spread of Zika virus in the Americas

Q Zhang, K Sun, M Chinazzi… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
We use a data-driven global stochastic epidemic model to analyze the spread of the Zika
virus (ZIKV) in the Americas. The model has high spatial and temporal resolution and …

A mathematical model for Zika virus transmission dynamics with a time-dependent mosquito biting rate

P Suparit, A Wiratsudakul, C Modchang - Theoretical Biology and Medical …, 2018 - Springer
Background Mathematical modeling has become a tool used to address many emerging
diseases. One of the most basic and popular modeling frameworks is the compartmental …

Effects of vertical transmission and human contact on zika dynamics

A Sow, C Diallo, H Cherifi - Complexity, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The main objective of Zika transmission studies is to work out the simplest approach to scale
back human mortality and morbidity caused by the disease. Therefore, it is essential to spot …

Mapping the ecoepidemiology of Zika virus infection in urban and rural areas of Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia, 2015–2016: Implications for public health and travel …

AJ Rodriguez-Morales, P Ruiz, J Tabares… - Travel medicine and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Objective Geographical information systems (GIS) have been demonstrated earlier to be of
great use to inform public health action against vector-borne infectious diseases. Methods …

Comparing sources of mobility for modelling the epidemic spread of Zika virus in Colombia

D Perrotta, E Frias-Martinez… - PLoS Neglected …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Timely, accurate, and comparative data on human mobility is of paramount importance for
epidemic preparedness and response, but generally not available or easily accessible …

Surveillance of Zika virus in field-caught Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus suggests important role of male mosquitoes in viral populations maintenance in Medellín …

A Calle-Tobón, J Pérez-Pérez, R Rojo… - Infection, Genetics and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Due to the rapid spread of Zika virus (ZIKV) infection after its emergence in the Americas in
2015 and its relationship with birth defects, it became declared a Public Health Emergency …

Mapping the cryptic spread of the 2015–2016 global Zika virus epidemic

H Sun, BL Dickens, M Jit, AR Cook, LR Carrasco - BMC medicine, 2020 - Springer
Background Zika virus (ZIKV) emerged as a global epidemic in 2015–2016 from Latin
America with its true geographical extent remaining unclear due to widely presumed …

Temporal patterns and geographic heterogeneity of Zika virus (ZIKV) outbreaks in French Polynesia and Central America

YH Hsieh - PeerJ, 2017 - peerj.com
Background Zika virus (ZIKV) transmission has been reported in 67 countries/territories in
the Oceania region and the Americas since 2015, prompting the World Health Organization …

[HTML][HTML] On the seasonal occurrence and abundance of the Zika virus vector mosquito Aedes aegypti in the contiguous United States

AJ Monaghan, CW Morin, DF Steinhoff, O Wilhelmi… - PLoS …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract Introduction: An ongoing Zika virus pandemic in Latin America and the Caribbean
has raised concerns that travel-related introduction of Zika virus could initiate local …