Defining the Risk of Zika and Chikungunya Virus Transmission in Human Population Centers of the Eastern United States
Defining the Risk of Zika and Chikungunya Virus Transmission in Human Population Centers of the Eastern United States
The recent spread of mosquito-transmitted viruses and associated disease to the Americas motivates a new, data-driven evaluation of risk in temperate population centers. Temperate regions are generally expected to pose low risk for significant mosquito-borne disease; however, the spread of the Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus) across densely populated urban …