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A Mathematical Model of Chikungunya Dynamics and Control: The Major Epidemic on Réunion Island

Overview of attention for article published in PLOS ONE, March 2013
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Title
A Mathematical Model of Chikungunya Dynamics and Control: The Major Epidemic on Réunion Island
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PLOS ONE, March 2013
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0057448
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Authors

Laith Yakob, Archie C. A. Clements

Abstract

Chikungunya is a re-emerging arboviral disease transmitted by Aedes spp. mosquitoes. Although principally endemic to Africa and Asia, recent outbreaks have occurred in Europe following introductions by returning travellers. A particularly large outbreak occurred on Réunion Island in 2006, the published data from which forms the basis of the current study. A simple, deterministic mathematical model of the transmission of the virus between humans and mosquitoes was constructed and parameterised with the up-to-date literature on infection biology. The model is fitted to the large Réunion epidemic, resulting in an estimate of 4.1 for the type reproduction number of chikungunya. Although simplistic, the model provided a close approximation of both the peak incidence of the outbreak and the final epidemic size. Sensitivity analysis using Monte Carlo simulation demonstrated the strong influence that both the latent period of infection in humans and the pre-patent period have on these two epidemiological outcomes. We show why separating these variables, which are epidemiologically distinct in chikungunya infections, is not only necessary for accurate model fitting but also important in informing control.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 7 5%
United Kingdom 3 2%
Australia 1 <1%
France 1 <1%
Mexico 1 <1%
Réunion 1 <1%
Unknown 115 89%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 29 22%
Student > Ph. D. Student 21 16%
Student > Master 19 15%
Student > Doctoral Student 9 7%
Professor > Associate Professor 7 5%
Other 23 18%
Unknown 21 16%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 29 22%
Medicine and Dentistry 15 12%
Mathematics 13 10%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 11 9%
Social Sciences 6 5%
Other 30 23%
Unknown 25 19%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 17 August 2021.
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#7,532,157
of 24,746,716 outputs
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#98,390
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#59,552
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#1,802
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