[HTML][HTML] Prevention and control of Zika as a mosquito-borne and sexually transmitted disease: a mathematical modeling analysis

D Gao, Y Lou, D He, TC Porco, Y Kuang, G Chowell… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
The ongoing Zika virus (ZIKV) epidemic in the Americas poses a major global public health
emergency. While ZIKV is transmitted from human to human by bites of Aedes mosquitoes …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling Zika virus transmission dynamics: parameter estimates, disease characteristics, and prevention

M Rahman, K Bekele-Maxwell, LAL Cates, HT Banks… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Because of limited data, much remains uncertain about parameters related to transmission
dynamics of Zika virus (ZIKV). Estimating a large number of parameters from the limited …

Assessing Zika virus transmission within households during an outbreak in Martinique, 2015–2016

A Cousien, S Abel, A Monthieux… - American journal of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Since 2015, Zika virus (ZIKV) has caused large epidemics in the Americas.
Households are natural targets for control interventions, but quantification of the contribution …

[HTML][HTML] Estimate of the reproduction number of the 2015 Zika virus outbreak in Barranquilla, Colombia, and estimation of the relative role of sexual transmission

S Towers, F Brauer, C Castillo-Chavez, AKI Falconar… - Epidemics, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Background In 2015, the Zika arbovirus (ZIKV) began circulating in the Americas,
rapidly expanding its global geographic range in explosive outbreaks. Unusual among …

[HTML][HTML] Elevation as a proxy for mosquito-borne Zika virus transmission in the Americas

AG Watts, J Miniota, HA Joseph, OJ Brady… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Introduction When Zika virus (ZIKV) first began its spread from Brazil to other parts of the
Americas, national-level travel notices were issued, carrying with them significant economic …

[HTML][HTML] Estimating the reproductive number, total outbreak size, and reporting rates for Zika epidemics in South and Central America

DP Shutt, CA Manore, S Pankavich, AT Porter… - Epidemics, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract As South and Central American countries prepare for increased birth defects from
Zika virus outbreaks and plan for mitigation strategies to minimize ongoing and future …

[HTML][HTML] Role of short-term dispersal on the dynamics of Zika virus in an extreme idealized environment

VM Moreno, B Espinoza, D Bichara… - Infectious Disease …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract In November 2015, El Salvador reported their first case of Zika virus (ZIKV)
infection, an event followed by an explosive outbreak that generated over 6000 suspected …

[HTML][HTML] Quantifying the risk of Zika virus spread in Asia during the 2015-16 epidemic in Latin America and the Caribbean: a modeling study

XS Luo, N Imai, I Dorigatti - Travel medicine and infectious disease, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Background No large-scale Zika epidemic has been observed to date in Southeast
Asia following the 2015-16 Latin American and the Caribbean epidemic. One hypothesis is …

[HTML][HTML] Zika virus dynamics: When does sexual transmission matter?

O Maxian, A Neufeld, EJ Talis, LM Childs… - Epidemics, 2017 - Elsevier
The Zika virus (ZIKV) has captured worldwide attention with the ongoing epidemic in South
America and its link to severe birth defects, most notably microcephaly. ZIKV is spread to …

[HTML][HTML] Spatiotemporal heterogeneity in the distribution of chikungunya and Zika virus case incidences during their 2014 to 2016 epidemics in Barranquilla, Colombia

TC McHale, CM Romero-Vivas, C Fronterre… - International Journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) and Zika virus (ZIKV) have recently emerged as globally
important infections. This study aimed to explore the spatiotemporal heterogeneity in the …