Climate-based models for understanding and forecasting dengue epidemics

• Published in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases Vol. 6; no. 2; p. e1470
• Main Authors: Descloux, Elodie, Mangeas, Morgan, Menkes, Christophe Eugène, Lengaigne, Matthieu, Leroy, Anne, Tehei, Temaui, Guillaumot, Laurent, Teurlai, Magali, Gourinat, Ann-Claire, Benzler, Justus, Pfannstiel, Anne, Grangeon, Jean-Paul, Degallier, Nicolas, De Lamballerie, Xavier
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 01.02.2012; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Aedes; Aedes - growth & development; Animals; Climate; Demographic aspects; Dengue; Dengue - epidemiology; Dengue fever; Disease Outbreaks; Disease Vectors; Environmental aspects; Epidemics; Female; Forecasts and trends; Humans; Humidity; Life Sciences; Medical climatology; Medicine; Microbiology and Parasitology; Models, Statistical; Mosquitoes; New Caledonia; New Caledonia - epidemiology; Parasitology; Rain; Seasons; Temperature; Tropical diseases; Viruses; New Caledonia; Climate; Temperature; Dengue; Humans; Models, Statistical; Aedes; New Caledonia; Rain; Animals; Disease Outbreaks; Humidity; Female; Disease Vectors; Seasons

Dengue dynamics are driven by complex interactions between human-hosts, mosquito-vectors and viruses that are influenced by environmental and climatic factors. The objectives of this study were to analyze and model the relationships between climate, Aedes aegypti vectors and dengue outbreaks in Noum...