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      The impact of maturation delay of mosquitoes on the transmission of West Nile virus.

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          We formulate and analyze a delay differential equation model for the transmission of West Nile virus between vector mosquitoes and avian hosts that incorporates maturation delay for mosquitoes. The maturation time from eggs to adult mosquitoes is sensitive to weather conditions, in particular the temperature, and the model allows us to investigate the impact of this maturation time on transmission dynamics of the virus among mosquitoes and birds. Numerical results of the model show that a combination of the maturation time and the vertical transmission of the virus in mosquitoes has substantial influence on the abundance and number of infection peaks of the infectious mosquitoes.

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          Journal
          Math Biosci
          Mathematical biosciences
          Elsevier BV
          1879-3134
          0025-5564
          Dec 2010
          : 228
          : 2
          Affiliations
          [1 ] Centre for Disease Modeling, Laboratory of Mathematical Parallel Systems, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada M3J 1P3.
          Article
          S0025-5564(10)00142-2
          10.1016/j.mbs.2010.08.010
          20828577
          82d86144-405f-432f-9b4a-fd4ae77cd3c9
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