Susceptible‐infected‐recovered model with stochastic transmission
Abstract The susceptible‐infected‐recovered (SIR) model is the cornerstone of epidemiological models. However, this specification depends on two parameters only, which results in its lack of flexibility and explains its difficulty to replicate the volatile reproduction numbers observed in practice.
Christian Gouriéroux, Yang Lu
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"Humaniser" les soins dans l'épidémie d'Ebola ? : les tensions dans la gestion du care et de la biosécurité dans le suivi des sujets contacts au Sénégal [PDF]
Anthropologists were called by the WHO to "humanize" the response to the Ebola outbreak. Yet, frontline actors had developed practices that shared this goal; this article documents these agents’ community surveillance practices.
Desclaux, Alice, Sow, K.
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Abstract Prior disaster experiences often provide lessons for communities to respond to new disasters. In informal communities prone to disasters but conditioned within reactive disaster management regimes, residents and Community‐Based Organizations (CBOs) play immense roles in disaster risk reduction and response.
Stephen Kofi Diko +5 more
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A group work programme to support and empower non-professional caregivers of people living with AIDS
According to a literature study and a research survey conducted in 2004, caregivers are increasingly forced to deal with people living with AIDS as health services are unable to cope with the fast-growing HIV/AIDS epidemic.
Corinne Strydom, C C Wessels
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ESPERIENZE NELLA GESTIONE DI EPIDEMIE NOSOCOMIALI: IRCCS SAN MATTEO DI PAVIA
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P. Marone, E. Carretto
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L’écriture de l’épidémie au XXIème siècle, un lieu de rencontre pluridisciplinaire [PDF]
Résumé : Le présent article s'inscrit dans une continuité et un approfondissement de la réflexion sur le processus de l’écriture littéraire de l’épidémie.
Aissa MAHDEB & Fouzia AMROUCHE
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Politiques et représentations des épidémies. Analyse comparée de la construction d’un problème de santé global: La pandémie de grippe A/ H1N1 et les campagnes de vaccination à travers les presses écrites francophones et anglophones [PDF]
Politiques et représentations des épidémies. Analyse comparée de la construction d’un problème de santé globalA partir d'un corpus en langue française généré via l'agrégateur de presse Factiva, nous développons deux types d'analyse textuelle à l'aide des
Amalric, Marion +5 more
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The spread of new viral pathogens and phytoplasmas in cultivated plants and their risks
Abstract The study contains a description of the genome and particles, spectrum of host plants, geographical distribution, forecast of spread and impacts on agricultural production, disease symptoms, life cycle, and means of protection in integrated and organic production in the Czech Republic for 22 plant viruses, 3 viroids and 4 phytoplasmas, in ...
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Review of livestock pathology in the central African region: epidemiological considerations and control strategies [PDF]
International audienceDisease has consistently featured among the major constraints of livestock production in the central African region, causing important economic losses.
Daniel Achukwi, Mbunkah +1 more
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