A Patch Model for the Transmission Dynamics of Zika Virus from Rio de Janeiro to Miami during Carnival and the Olympics
Author(s) -
Caitlin Oleson
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
siam undergraduate research online
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2327-7807
DOI - 10.1137/16s015425
Subject(s) - miami , zika virus , transmission (telecommunications) , dynamics (music) , covid-19 , virology , virus , humanities , art , telecommunications , computer science , biology , sociology , medicine , environmental science , pedagogy , soil science , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Since late 2015 there has been an outbreak of Zika virus disease in South and Central America. This is particularly alarming because of its connection to microcephaly in infants born to mothers who were infected while pregnant. There are two mass gatherings which happened in 2016 in Brazil: Carnival (February 6-1
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