TY - JOUR AU - Haider, Najmul AU - Vairo, Francesco AU - Ippolito, Giuseppe AU - Zumla, Alimuddin AU - Kock, Richard T1 - Basic Reproduction Number of Chikungunya Virus Transmitted by Aedes Mosquitoes T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2020 VL - 26 IS - 10 SP - 2429 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We estimated the weighted mean basic reproduction number (R0) of chikungunya virus based on outbreak size. R0 was 3.4 (95% CI 2.4–4.2) and varied for 2 primary chikungunya mosquito vectors: 4.1 (95% CI 1.5–6.6) for Aedes aegypti and 2.8 (95% CI 1.8–3.8) for Ae. albopictus. KW - Basic reproduction number KW - R0 KW - chikungunya virus KW - outbreaks KW - epidemic KW - Aedes mosquito KW - vectorborne infections KW - mosquito-borne infections KW - viruses KW - vector-borne infections KW - arboviruses KW - zoonoses DO - 10.3201/eid2610.190957 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/10/19-0957_article ER - End of Reference