Basic Reproduction Number of Chikungunya Virus Transmitted by Aedes Mosquitoes
Emerging infectious diseases2020Vol. 26(10), pp. 2429–2431
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Abstract
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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