Temperature, traveling, slums, and housing drive dengue transmission in a non-endemic metropolis

Published on June 24, 2021

The highly seasonal dengue transmission in Buenos Aires was modulated by temperature and triggered by imported cases coming from regions with ongoing outbreaks. However, local transmission was made possible and consolidated heterogeneously in the city due to housing and socioeconomic characteristics of the population, with 32.8% of autochthonous cases occurring in slums, which held only 6.4% of the city population. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases

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