Artículo
Mathematical modelling of tuberculosis epidemics
Fecha de publicación:
04/2009
Editorial:
American Institute of Mathematical Sciences
Revista:
Mathematical Biosciences And Engineering
ISSN:
1547-1063
Idioma:
Inglés
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Resumen
The strengths and limitations of using homogeneous mixing and heterogeneous mixing epidemic models are explored in the context of the transmission dynamics of tuberculosis. The focus is on three types of models: a standard incidence homogeneous mixing model, a non-homogeneous mixing model that incorporates 'household' contacts, and an age-structured model. The models are parameterized using demographic and epidemiological data and the patterns generated from these models are compared. Furthermore, the effects of population growth, stochasticity, clustering of contacts, and age structure on disease dynamics are explored. This framework is used to asses the possible causes for the observed historical decline of tuberculosis notifications.
Palabras clave:
Demography
,
Non-Autonomous Systems
,
Stochastic Models
,
Tuberculosis
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Citación
Aparicio, Juan Pablo; Castillo Chavez, Carlos; Mathematical modelling of tuberculosis epidemics; American Institute of Mathematical Sciences; Mathematical Biosciences And Engineering; 6; 2; 4-2009; 209-237
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