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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 ...
Alternative transmission modes for Trypanosoma cruzi
(American Institute of Mathematical Sciences, 2010-07)
The parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, which causes Chagas’ disease, is
typically transmitted through a cycle in which vectors become infected through
bloodmeals on infected hosts and then infect other hosts through defecation
at ...
Estimating contact process saturation in sylvatic transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi in the United States
(Public Library of Science, 2010-04)
Although it has been known for nearly a century that strains of Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiological agent for Chagas' disease, are enzootic in the southern U.S., much remains unknown about the dynamics of its transmission ...
Community resilience in collaborative learning
(American Institute of Mathematical Sciences, 2010-07)
This paper introduces a simplified dynamical systems framework for the study of the mechanisms behind the growth of cooperative learning in large communities. We begin from the simplifying assumption that individual-based ...
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 ...