Impacts of Zika emergence in Latin America on endemic dengue transmission

Rebecca K. Borchering; Angkana T. Huang; Luis Mier-y-Teran-Romero; Diana P. Rojas; Isabel Rodriguez-Barraquer; Leah C. Katzelnick; Silvio D. Martinez; Gregory D. King; Stephanie C. Cinkovich; Justin Lessler; Derek A. T. Cummings

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-13628-x

Nature Communications (Dec 2019)

Impacts of Zika emergence in Latin America on endemic dengue transmission

Rebecca K. Borchering,
Angkana T. Huang,
Luis Mier-y-Teran-Romero,
Diana P. Rojas,
Isabel Rodriguez-Barraquer,
Leah C. Katzelnick,
Silvio D. Martinez,
Gregory D. King,
Stephanie C. Cinkovich,
Justin Lessler,
Derek A. T. Cummings

Affiliations

Rebecca K. Borchering: Department of Biology and Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida
Angkana T. Huang: Department of Biology and Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida
Luis Mier-y-Teran-Romero: Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University
Diana P. Rojas: Department of Biostatistics, College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida
Isabel Rodriguez-Barraquer: Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
Leah C. Katzelnick: Department of Biology and Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida
Silvio D. Martinez: Department of Biology and Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida
Gregory D. King: Department of Biology and Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida
Stephanie C. Cinkovich: Department of Biology and Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida
Justin Lessler: Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University
Derek A. T. Cummings: Department of Biology and Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13628-x
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Dengue and Zika virus are related flaviviruses, and introduction of Zika in the Americas may have impacted dengue epidemiology. Here, Borchering et al. show that dengue incidence was unusually low in 2017 in Brazil and Colombia, and simulations incorporating immune-mediated interactions predict reductions in dengue following Zika outbreaks with subsequent rebounds.

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