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Agent-based mathematical modeling as a tool for estimating T. cruzi vector-host contact rates
(Elsevier, 2015-11)
**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: The parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, spread by triatomine vectors, affects over 100 mammalian
species throughout the Americas, including humans, in whom it causes Chagas’ ...
A cost-based comparison of quarantine strategies for new emerging diseases
(American Institute of Mathematical Sciences, 2010-07)
A classical epidemiological framework is used to provide a preliminary cost analysis of the effects of quarantine and isolation on the dynamics of infectious diseases for which no treatment or immediate diagnosis tools are ...
An epidemiological approach to the spread of political third parties
(American Insttitue of Mathematical Sciences, 2011-05)
Third political parties are influential in shaping American politics. In this work we study the spread of a third party ideology in a voting population where we assume that party members/activists are more influential in ...
The role of adaptations in two-strain competition for sylvatic Trypanosoma cruzi transmission
(Taylor and Francis Online, 2012-08)
This study presents a continuous-time model for the sylvatic transmission dynamics of two strains of Trypanosoma cruzi enzootic in North America, in order to study the role that adaptations of each strain to distinct modes ...
Transmission dynamics and underreporting of Kala-azar in the Indian State of Bihar
(2010)
"Kala-azar" (or Indian Visceral Leishmaniasis) is a vector-borne infectious dis-
ease affecting communities in tropical and subtropical areas of the world. Bihar,
a state in India, has one of the highest prevalence and ...
Evaluating treatment of Hepatitis C for hemolytic anemia management
(Elsevier, 2010)
The combination therapy of antiviral peg-interferon and ribavirin has evolved as one of the better treatments for Hepatitis-C. In spite of its success in controlling Hepatitis-C infection, it has also been associated with ...
Influence of environmental factors on college alcohol drinking patterns
(American Institute of Mathematical Sciences, 2013)
Alcohol abuse is a major problem, especially among students on and around college campuses. We use the mathematical framework of [16] and study the role of environmental factors on the long term dynamics of an alcohol ...