Thomas W. Scott

Researcher at University of California, Davis

Publications - 296

Citations - 36116

Thomas W. Scott is an academic researcher from University of California, Davis. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Dengue fever. The author has an hindex of 85, co-authored 287 publications receiving 30867 citations. Previous affiliations of Thomas W. Scott include University of California, Berkeley & University of Massachusetts Amherst.

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The global distribution and burden of dengue

Samir Bhatt, +22 more

- 25 Apr 2013 -

Nature

TL;DR: These new risk maps and infection estimates provide novel insights into the global, regional and national public health burden imposed by dengue and will help to guide improvements in disease control strategies using vaccine, drug and vector control methods, and in their economic evaluation.

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The global distribution of the arbovirus vectors Aedes aegypti and Ae. Albopictus

Moritz U. G. Kraemer, +21 more

- 30 Jun 2015 -

eLife

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compile the largest contemporary database for both species and pair it with relevant environmental variables predicting their global distribution, showing Aedes distributions to be the widest ever recorded; now extensive in all continents, including North America and Europe.

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Refining the global spatial limits of dengue virus transmission by evidence-based consensus

Oliver J. Brady, +11 more

- 07 Aug 2012 -

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases

TL;DR: A contemporary global map of national-level dengue status is generated that assigns a relative measure of certainty and identifies gaps in the available evidence and provides a preliminary estimate of population at risk with an upper bound of 3.97 billion people.

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