Modeling the effects of vector species composition and temperature on the risk of dengue virus
Suzanne L Robertson, Rebeca de Jesús Crespo, Emma Beck, Lauren Beuerle, Patt Martin, Regan Stambaugh, Michael A Robert · 2026
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Description
Suzanne Robertson and six co-authors model dengue fever risk in a 2026 paper that weighs which mosquitoes are present and how warm it is. Two mosquito species spread the virus, but they bite differently and pass it on at different rates.
The species also compete as larvae, and heat shifts both that contest and the spread of the disease. The authors build two models: one gives the basic reproduction number, a measure of how far an outbreak can grow. The other works out the chance that an outbreak dies out on its own after arrival by a person or a mosquito. They test how both measures change with heat, species mix, and biting habits. The work speaks to a warming climate.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Suzanne L Robertson, Rebeca de Jesús Crespo, Emma Beck, Lauren Beuerle, Patt Martin, Regan Stambaugh, Michael A Robert |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 51 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |