Assessing the rate of dengue virus development in the mosquito Aedes aegypti supported by the UA Center for Insect Science

COPH Research Area
Environmental Health
Epidemiology
Infectious Disease
The goal of this project is to generate pilot data on the extrinsic incubation period for an important dengue vector. We used this to translate a mathematical model into MATLAB. This model is being used to investigate weather-related vector abundance for dengue, chikungunya, and West Nile virus vectors. Support for this project came from the University of Arizona Center for Insect Science. 
Start Year
2013
End Year
2014
Researchers
Heidi Brown
Kacey Ernst

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