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Cities spawn epidemic dengue viruses

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Major countrywide and regional epidemics of dengue and dengue hemorrhagic fever occur in Southeast Asia every three to five years. A model examining the spread of epidemic dengue in Thailand helps explain why such patterns occur.

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Figure 1: The dynamics of dengue.

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