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    • Transmission dynamics and underreporting of Kala-azar in the Indian State of Bihar 

      Kribs, Christopher; Mubayi, Anuj; Castillo-Chavez, Carlos; Chowell, Gerardo; Ali Siddiqui, Niyamat; Kumar, Narendra; Das, Pradeep (Department of Mathematics, University of Texas at Arlington, 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 ...

    • Vaccination strategies and backward bifurcation in age-since-infection structured model 

      Kribs, Christopher; Martcheva, Maia (ElsevierDepartment of Mathematics, University of Texas at Arlington, 2002)
      We consider models for a disease with acute and chronic infective stages, and variable infectivity and recovery rates, within the context of a vaccination campaign. Models for SIRS and SIS disease cycles exhibit backward ...

    • Vector consumption and contact process saturation in sylvatic transmission of T. cruzi 

      Kribs, Christopher (Taylor & FrancisDepartment of Mathematics, University of Texas at Arlington; Universidad de Colima, Mexico, 2006)
      Recent research in the transmission of the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, some strains of which cause Chagas’ disease, suggests that consumption of vectors by sylvatic hosts such as raccoons may play a role in ...