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Ecology and epidemiology of vector-borne disease dynamics across Australia, Ross River virus
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Koolhof, IS and Bettiol, S and Charleston, M and Firestone, S and Golding, N and Carver, S, Ecology and epidemiology of vector-borne disease dynamics across Australia, Ross River virus, 2019 Wildlife Disease Association Australasia Conference, 29 September - 4 October 2019, Little Swanport, Tasmania (2019) [Conference Extract]
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Abstract
Mosquito-borne diseases are a major public health problem causing a significant burden
on the economies globally. Central to comprehending the dynamics of mosquito-borne
diseases and effective management, is a dual understanding of seasonality in host and
vector life history traits, yet these interrelationships are poorly understood in most cases.
Ross River virus (RRV) is Australia’s most epidemiologically important mosquitoborne disease and presents a unique opportunity to identify mechanisms driving
variation in seasonal mosquito-borne disease dynamics across large spatial and
temporal scales. In this study, we examine the fundamental ecology and epidemiology
of RRV transmission in epidemic centres around Australia and attempt to disentangle
the differences in the mechanisms driving dynamics RRV outbreaks and extend our
models to assess epidemic dynamics across four major epidemic centres. Our findings
provide an in-depth understanding of RRV and its transmission in relation to host,
vector, and seasonal dynamics, providing useful fundamental and applied information.
Determining the underlying causes of RRV epidemics can aid public health decisionmaking. Our methodologies can further be applied to similar mosquito-borne diseases
to understand their complex ecology and epidemiology.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Conference Extract |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | Mechanistic Modelling, SIR model, Epidemiology, Mosquito-borne disease, Mosquito control |
| Research Division: | Biomedical and Clinical Sciences |
| Research Group: | Clinical sciences |
| Research Field: | Infectious diseases |
| Objective Division: | Health |
| Objective Group: | Clinical health |
| Objective Field: | Clinical health not elsewhere classified |
| UTAS Author: | Koolhof, IS (Mr Iain Koolhof) |
| UTAS Author: | Bettiol, S (Dr Silvana Bettiol) |
| UTAS Author: | Charleston, M (Professor Michael Charleston) |
| UTAS Author: | Carver, S (Associate Professor Scott Carver) |
| ID Code: | 135208 |
| Year Published: | 2019 |
| Deposited By: | Medicine |
| Deposited On: | 2019-10-04 |
| Last Modified: | 2019-10-17 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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