Modeling the potential for Zika Virus in Cairns, Australia

Mathematical modeling of Zika virus

*Corresponding author: Ebenezer Bonyah, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Kumasi Polytechnic, Kumasi, Ghana. Tel: +233 2433 57651 E-mail: [email protected] Foundation Project: Supported by the Government of Ghana Annual University Lecturers Research Grant (Grant No. 02/2016). The journal implements double-blind peer review practiced by specially invited international editorial board mem...

Modeling Zika Virus Infection in Pregnancy.

Climate variation and incidence of Ross river virus in Cairns, Australia: a time-series analysis.

In this study we assessed the impact of climate variability on the Ross River virus (RRv) transmission and validated an epidemic-forecasting model in Cairns, Australia. Data on the RRv cases recorded between 1985 and 1996 were obtained from the Queensland Department of Health. Climate and population data were supplied by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology and the Australian Bureau of Statisti...

Potential Sexual Transmission of Zika Virus

In December 2013, during a Zika virus (ZIKV) outbreak in French Polynesia, a patient in Tahiti sought treatment for hematospermia, and ZIKV was isolated from his semen. ZIKV transmission by sexual intercourse has been previously suspected. This observation supports the possibility that ZIKV could be transmitted sexually.

Emergence and Spreading Potential of Zika Virus

Zika virus (ZIKV) is an arthropod-borne Flavivirus (family Flaviviridae) closely related to dengue, yellow fever and West Nile viruses. ZIKV remained neglected, confined to enzootic transmission cycles in Africa and Asia, until the first significant outbreak was reported in Micronesia in 2007. Subsequent epidemics of growing incidence occurred in French Polynesia and other South Pacific Islands...