DengueME : a tool for the modeling and simulation of dengue spatiotemporal dynamics.
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2016
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The prevention and control of dengue are great public health challenges for many countries,
particularly since 2015, as other arboviruses have been observed to interact significantly with dengue
virus. Different approaches and methodologies have been proposed and discussed by the research
community. An important tool widely used is modeling and simulation, which help us to understand
epidemic dynamics and create scenarios to support planning and decision making processes.
With this aim, we proposed and developed DengueME, a collaborative open source platform to
simulate dengue disease and its vector’s dynamics. It supports compartmental and individual-based
models, implemented over a GIS database, that represent Aedes aegypti population dynamics, human
demography, human mobility, urban landscape and dengue transmission mediated by human
and mosquito encounters. A user-friendly graphical interface was developed to facilitate model
configuration and data input, and a library of models was developed to support teaching-learning
activities. DengueME was applied in study cases and evaluated by specialists. Other improvements
will be made in future work, to enhance its extensibility and usability.
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Modeling, Simulation, Aedes aegypti, Dengue
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LIMA, T. F. M. de et al. DengueME: a tool for the modeling and simulation of dengue spatiotemporal dynamics. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, v. 13, p. 920, 2016. Disponível em: <http://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/13/9/920>. Acesso em: 02 out. 2017.