Effects of Mosquito Biology on Modeled Chikungunya Virus Invasion Potential in Florida.

ABSTRACT: Arboviruses transmitted by Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus have been introduced to Florida on many occasions. Infrequently, these introductions lead to sporadic local transmission and, more rarely, sustained local transmission. Both mosquito species are present in Florida, with spatio-temporal variation in population composition. We developed a two-vector compartmental, deterministic model to investigate factors influencing Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) establishment. The model includes a nonlinear, temperature-dependent mosquito mortality function based on minimum mortality in a central temperature region. Latin Hypercube sampling was used to generate parameter sets used to simulate transmission dynamics, following the introduction of one infected human. The analysis was repeated for three

SUBMITTER: Lord CC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7472381 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature