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ArticlePeerJ2020

Modelling the effective reproduction number of vector-borne diseases: the yellow fever outbreak in Luanda, Angola 2015-2016 as an example.

Shi Zhao, Salihu S Musa, Jay T Hebert, Peihua Cao, Jinjun Ran, Jiayi Meng, Daihai He, Jing Qin

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Article in PeerJ, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 48 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Shi ZhaoSchool of Nursing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China.
Salihu S MusaDepartment of Applied Mathematics, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China.
Jay T HebertDepartment of Applied Mathematics, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China.
Peihua CaoDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgery II, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Jinjun RanSchool of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Jiayi MengSchool of Economics and Finance, Xi'an International Studies University, Xi'an, China.
Daihai HeDepartment of Applied Mathematics, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China.
Jing QinSchool of Nursing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China.
Hong Kong Polytechnic University · HKChinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen · CNUniversity of Hong Kong · HKXi'an International Studies University · CNZhujiang Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The burden of vector-borne diseases (Dengue, Zika virus, yellow fever, etc.) gradually increased in the past decade across the globe. Mathematical modelling on infectious diseases helps to study the transmission dynamics of the pathogens. Theoretically, the diseases can be controlled and eventually eradicated by maintaining the effective reproduction number, (

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AngolaEpidemicLuandaMathematical modellingReproduction numberVector-borne diseaseYellow fever

Identifiers

PMID32149023
PMCPMC7049463
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