[HTML][HTML] Zika emergence, persistence, and transmission rate in Colombia: a nationwide application of a space-time Markov switching model

L Picinini Freitas, D Douwes-Schultz, AM Schmidt… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Zika, a viral disease transmitted to humans by Aedes mosquitoes, emerged in the Americas
in 2015, causing large-scale epidemics. Colombia alone reported over 72,000 Zika cases …

Zika epidemic in Colombia and environmental and sociodemographic contributors: an application of a space-time Markov switching model

LP Freitas, D Douwes-Schultz, AM Schmidt… - medRxiv, 2023 - medrxiv.org
Zika, a viral disease transmitted to humans by the bite of infected Aedes mosquitoes,
emerged in the Americas in 2015, causing large-scale epidemics. Colombia alone reported …

Climate drives spatial variation in Zika epidemics in Latin America

M Harris, JM Caldwell… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Between 2015 and 2017, Zika virus spread rapidly through populations in the Americas with
no prior exposure to the disease. Although climate is a known determinant of many Aedes …

[HTML][HTML] Spatiotemporal incidence of Zika and associated environmental drivers for the 2015-2016 epidemic in Colombia

AS Siraj, I Rodriguez-Barraquer, CM Barker… - Scientific data, 2018 - nature.com
Despite a long history of mosquito-borne virus epidemics in the Americas, the impact of the
Zika virus (ZIKV) epidemic of 2015–2016 was unexpected. The need for scientifically …

Data from: Spatiotemporal incidence of Zika and associated environmental drivers for the 2015-2016 epidemic in Colombia

AS Siraj, I Rodriguez-Barraquer, CM Barker… - 2019 - eprints.soton.ac.uk
Despite a long history of mosquito-borne virus epidemics in the Americas, the impact of the
Zika virus (ZIKV) epidemic of 2015-2016 was unexpected. The need for scientifically …

Stratifying the potential local transmission of Zika in municipalities of Antioquia, Colombia

J Ospina, D Hincapie‐Palacio, J Ochoa… - Tropical Medicine & …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To stratify and understand the potential transmission processes of Zika virus in
Colombia, in order to effectively address the efforts on surveillance and disease control …

[HTML][HTML] Surveillance on the endemic of Zika virus infection by meteorological factors in Colombia: a population-based spatial and temporal study

LC Chien, RT Lin, Y Liao, FS Sy, A Pérez - BMC infectious diseases, 2018 - Springer
Background Zika virus (ZIKV) infection is a pandemic and a public health emergency. It is
transmitted by mosquitoes, primarily the Aedes genus. In light of no treatment currently, it is …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of weather seasonality and sexual transmission on the spread of Zika fever

A Dénes, MA Ibrahim, L Oluoch, M Tekeli, T Tekeli - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
We establish a compartmental model to study the transmission of Zika virus disease
including spread through sexual contacts and the role of asymptomatic carriers. To …

Epidemiological and ecological determinants of Zika virus transmission in an urban setting

J Lourenço, M Maia de Lima, NR Faria, A Walker… - Elife, 2017 - elifesciences.org
The Zika virus has emerged as a global public health concern. Its rapid geographic
expansion is attributed to the success of Aedes mosquito vectors, but local epidemiological …

[HTML][HTML] Projecting the end of the Zika virus epidemic in Latin America: a modelling analysis

KM O'Reilly, R Lowe, WJ Edmunds, P Mayaud… - BMC medicine, 2018 - Springer
Background Zika virus (ZIKV) emerged in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region in
2013, with serious implications for population health in the region. In 2016, the World Health …