Integrating Environmental Monitoring and Mosquito Surveillance to Predict Vector-borne Disease: Prospective Forecasts of a West Nile Virus Outbreak | Zendy

Justin K. Davis | Zendy; Geoffrey P. Vincent | Zendy; Michael B. Hildreth | Zendy; Lon Kightlinger | Zendy; Christopher Carlson | Zendy; Michael C. Wimberly | Zendy

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Integrating Environmental Monitoring and Mosquito Surveillance to Predict Vector-borne Disease: Prospective Forecasts of a West Nile Virus Outbreak

Author(s) -

Justin K. Davis,

Geoffrey P. Vincent,

Michael B. Hildreth,

Lon Kightlinger,

Christopher Carlson,

Michael C. Wimberly

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

plos currents

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.282

H-Index - 49

ISSN - 2157-3999

DOI - 10.1371/currents.outbreaks.90e80717c4e67e1a830f17feeaaf85de

Subject(s) - outbreak , west nile virus , logistic regression , geography , virology , biology , statistics , virus , mathematics

Predicting the timing and locations of future mosquito-borne disease outbreaks has the potential to improve the targeting of mosquito control and disease prevention efforts. Here, we present and evaluate prospective forecasts made prior to and during the 2016 West Nile virus (WNV) season in South Dakota, a hotspot for human WNV transmission in the United States.

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