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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL DYNAMICS
Volume 6, Issue 2, Pages 281-298Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/17513758.2011.571721
Keywords
West Nile virus; multiple species; endemic equilibrium; basic reproduction number
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- PAPIIT-UNAM [IN108607-3]
- CONACYT [U47899-F]
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In this paper, we analyse the interaction of different species of birds and mosquitoes on the dynamics of West Nile virus (WNV) infection. We study the different transmission efficiencies of the vectors and birds and the impact on the possible outbreaks. We show that the basic reproductive number is the weighted mean of the basic reproductive number of each species, weighted by the relative abundance of its population in the location. These results suggest a possible explanation of why there are no outbreaks of WNV in Mexico.
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