Dog screening as a novel complementary guinea worm disease control tool to mitigate persistence in Chad: A modeling study [PDF]
Parasite Epidemiology and Control, 2023 A free-roaming dog population remains one of the major public health problems in many developing countries. In this study, we investigated the potential impact of owned roaming and stray dogs on the persistence and possible eradication of Guinea worm ...
Mlyashimbi Helikumi, Steady Mushayabasa
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Abstract and Applied AnalysisMSC2020 Classification: 92D30, 37N25, 34D20, 92B05 ...
Philip N. A. Akuka +2 more
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Optimal control for COVID-19 pandemic with quarantine and antiviral therapy [PDF]
Sensors International, 2021 In the absence of a proper cure for the disease, the recent pandemic caused by COVID-19 has been focused on isolation strategies and government measures to control the disease, such as lockdown, media coverage, and improve public hygiene.
Md. Abdullah Bin Masud +2 more
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Global stability of a delayed SARS-CoV-2 reactivation model with logistic growth, antibody immunity and general incidence rate [PDF]
Alexandria Engineering Journal, 2022 Mathematical models have been considered as a robust tool to support biological and medical studies of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This new disease is caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).
A.M. Elaiw, A.J. Alsaedi, A.D. Hobiny
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An Optimal Control Analysis of Dengue Fever
InPrime, 2023 Dengue fever is one of the most infectious diseases in the world, according to data issued by the World Health Organization in 2014. It is responsible for a huge number of deaths each year around the world, particularly in tropical nations.
Nur Ilmayasinta +3 more
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Mathematical model of Zika virus with vertical transmission [PDF]
Infectious Disease Modelling, 2017 Zika is a flavivirus transmitted to humans through either the bites of infected Aedes mosquitoes or sexual transmission. Zika has been linked to congenital anomalies such as microcephaly.
F.B. Agusto, S. Bewick, W.F. Fagan
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Optimal COVID-19 epidemic strategy with vaccination control and infection prevention measures in Thailand [PDF]
Infectious Disease Modelling, 2022 COVID-19 is a severe acute respiratory syndrome caused by the Coronavirus-2 virus (SARS-CoV-2). The virus spreads from one to another through droplets from an infected person, and sometimes these droplets can contaminate surfaces that may be another ...
Adison Thongtha, Chairat Modnak
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Modeling measles transmission in adults and children: Implications to vaccination for eradication [PDF]
Infectious Disease ModellingDespite the availability of successful vaccines, measles outbreaks have occurred frequently in recent years, presumably due to the lack of proper vaccination implementation.
Anjana Pokharel +4 more
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Evolutionary trend of SARS-CoV-2 inferred by the homopolymeric nucleotide repeats
Computational and Mathematical Biophysics, 2022 Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the causative agent of the current global COVID-19 pandemic, in which millions of lives have been lost.
Yin Changchuan
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Computational and Mathematical Biophysics, 2023 Measles is a highly communicable viral infection that mostly affects children aged 5 years and below. Maternal antibodies in neonates help protect them from infectious diseases, including measles. However, maternal antibodies disappear a few months after
Opoku Samuel +2 more
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