Evaluating the effectiveness of localized control strategies to curtail chikungunya
Evaluating the effectiveness of localized control strategies to curtail chikungunya
Abstract Chikungunya, a re-emerging arbovirus transmitted to humans by Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus mosquitoes, causes debilitating disease characterized by an acute febrile phase and chronic joint pain. Chikungunya has recently spread to the island of St. Martin and subsequently throughout the Americas. The disease is now affecting 42 countries …