Prevention and Control of Zika as a Mosquito-Borne and Sexually Transmitted Disease: A Mathematical Modeling Analysis

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 6; no. 1; p. 28070
• Main Authors: Gao, Daozhou, Lou, Yijun, He, Daihai, Porco, Travis C., Kuang, Yang, Chowell, Gerardo, Ruan, Shigui
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 17.06.2016; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 639/705/1041; 692/699/255; Aedes - virology; Animals; Brazil - epidemiology; Colombia - epidemiology; Dengue fever; Disease Outbreaks; Disease prevention; El Salvador - epidemiology; Epidemics; Epidemiology; Fatalities; Humanities and Social Sciences; Humans; Infections; Insect Vectors - virology; Microcephaly; Models, Theoretical; Mosquitoes; multidisciplinary; Olympic games; Public health; Science; Sexually transmitted diseases; Sexually Transmitted Diseases - prevention & control; STD; Tropical diseases; Urine; Zika virus; Zika Virus Infection - epidemiology; Zika Virus Infection - prevention & control; New Zealand; Canada; Colombia; Argentina; United States > US; Brazil; Italy; France; Chile; Peru; Portugal; French Polynesia

The ongoing Zika virus (ZIKV) epidemic in the Americas poses a major global public health emergency. While ZIKV is transmitted from human to human by bites of Aedes mosquitoes, recent evidence indicates that ZIKV can also be transmitted via sexual contact with cases of sexually transmitted ZIKV repo...