Emerging Infectious Diseases (Oct 2020)

Basic Reproduction Number of Chikungunya Virus Transmitted by Aedes Mosquitoes

  • Najmul Haider,
  • Francesco Vairo,
  • Giuseppe Ippolito,
  • Alimuddin Zumla,
  • Richard A. Kock

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2610.190957
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 26, no. 10
pp. 2429 – 2431

Abstract

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We estimated the weighted mean basic reproduction number (R0) of chikungunya virus based on outbreak size. R0 was 3.4 (95% CI 2.4–4.2) and varied for 2 primary chikungunya mosquito vectors: 4.1 (95% CI 1.5–6.6) for Aedes aegypti and 2.8 (95% CI 1.8–3.8) for Ae. albopictus.

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