Asynchronicity of endemic and emerging mosquito-borne disease outbreaks in the Dominican Republic

Mary E. Petrone; Rebecca Earnest; José Lourenço; Moritz U. G. Kraemer; Robert Paulino-Ramirez; Nathan D. Grubaugh; Leandro Tapia

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-20391-x

Nature Communications (Jan 2021)

Asynchronicity of endemic and emerging mosquito-borne disease outbreaks in the Dominican Republic

Mary E. Petrone,
Rebecca Earnest,
José Lourenço,
Moritz U. G. Kraemer,
Robert Paulino-Ramirez,
Nathan D. Grubaugh,
Leandro Tapia

Affiliations

Mary E. Petrone: Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Yale School of Public Health
Rebecca Earnest: Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Yale School of Public Health
José Lourenço: Department of Zoology, University of Oxford
Moritz U. G. Kraemer: Department of Zoology, University of Oxford
Robert Paulino-Ramirez: Instituto de Medicina Tropical & Salud Global, Universidad Iberoamericana
Nathan D. Grubaugh: Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Yale School of Public Health
Leandro Tapia: Instituto de Medicina Tropical & Salud Global, Universidad Iberoamericana

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20391-x
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Dengue is endemic in the Dominican Republic, and causes regular outbreaks, whereas Zika and chikungunya are emerging infections in the area. Here, the authors show that outbreaks of the emerging infections could not be predicted by seasonal dengue dynamics.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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