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Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Disease
Research from P.Y. Boelle and co-authors yields new data on vector-borne and zoonotic disease
July 15th, 2008
According to recent research from Paris, France, "An epidemic of Chikungunya fever, a mosquito-borne viral disease, spectacularly swept through Reunion Island (population 780,000) in 2005-2006." "There were 3000 cases in a first wave (March-June 2005) and more than 250,000 cases in a second (December 2005-April 2006). Adapting newly developed epidemiological tools to vector-borne diseases, we show that despite this massive difference in magnitude, the transmission potential as measured by the number of secondary cases per index case (or reproduction number), remained similar during the two consecutive waves: The best estimate for the initial reproduction number R-0 was...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-07-15)
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