Open AccessPotential High-Risk Areas for Zika Virus Transmission in the Contiguous United States
Author(s) -
Enbal Shacham,
Erik Nelson,
Daniel F. Hoft,
Mario Schootman,
Alexander Garza
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2017.303670
Subject(s) - zika virus , transmission (telecommunications) , aedes aegypti , demography , gonorrhea , environmental health , outbreak , sexual transmission , geography , medicine , virology , biology , virus , ecology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , electrical engineering , microbicide , sociology , larva , engineering
To understand where transmission of Zika virus has the highest likelihood to occur in the contiguous United States with regard to its transmission both sexually and via Aedes aegypti mosquito bites.