Recasting the theory of mosquito-borne pathogen transmission dynamics and control

Smith, D. L.; Perkins, T. A.; Reiner, R. C.; Barker, C. M.; Niu, T.; Chaves, L. F.; Ellis, A. M.; George, D. B.; Le Menach, A.; Pulliam, J. R. C.; Bisanzio, D.; Buckee, C.; Chiyaka, C.; Cummings, D. A. T.; Garcia, A. J.; Gatton, M. L.; Gething, P. W.; Hartley, D. M.; Johnston, G.; Klein, E. Y.; Michael, E.; Lloyd, A. L.; Pigott, D. M.; Reisen, W. K.; Ruktanonchai, N.; Singh, B. K.; Stoller, J.; Tatem, A. J.; Kitron, U.; Godfray, H. C. J.; Cohen, J. M.; Hay, S. I.; Scott, T. W.

doi:10.1093/trstmh/tru026

Recasting the theory of mosquito-borne pathogen transmission dynamics and control

Mosquito-borne diseases pose some of the greatest challenges in public health, especially in tropical and sub-tropical regions of the world. Efforts to control these diseases have been underpinned by a theoretical framework developed for malaria by Ross and Macdonald, including models, metrics fo…