Dengue in Cape Verde : vector control and vaccination

• Author(s): Rodrigues, Helena Sofia ; Monteiro, M. Teresa T. ; Torres, Delfim F. M.
• Date: 2013
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/25132
• Origin: RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho
• Subject(s): Dengue; Cape Verde; Vaccine; Insecticide; Mechanical control; Basic reproduction number
• Document Type: Article
• Language: English

Description

In 2009, for the rst time in Cape Verde, an outbreak of dengue was reported and over twenty thousand people were infected. Only a few prophylactic measures were taken. The e ects of vector control on disease spreading, such as insecticide (larvicide and adulticide) and mechanical control, as well as an hypothetical vaccine, are estimated through simulations with the Cape Verde data.