Randomness of Dengue Outbreaks on the Equator.
A simple mathematical model without seasonality indicated that the apparently chaotic dengue epidemics in Singapore have characteristics similar to epidemics resulting from chance. Randomness as a sufficient condition for patterns of dengue epidemics in equatorial regions calls into question existing explanations for dengue outbreaks there.
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Chen
Alex R
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Cook
Alisa X L
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Lim
D003140:Communicable Disease Control; D003715:Dengue / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D012846:Singapore / Q000453:epidemiology
Singapore; aseasonality; dengue epidemics; equator; randomness; vectorborne infections; viral infections