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Susceptible‐infected‐recovered model with stochastic transmission

open access: yesCanadian Journal of Statistics, Volume 53, Issue 2, June 2025.
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
wiley   +1 more source

"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]

open access: yes, 2015
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.
core   +1 more source

A tale of two disasters: Unpacking how social learning from the Ebola epidemic shaped COVID‐19 response in informal settlements in Freetown

open access: yesRisk, Hazards &Crisis in Public Policy, Volume 16, Issue 2, June 2025.
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
wiley   +1 more source

A group work programme to support and empower non-professional caregivers of people living with AIDS

open access: yesHealth SA Gesondheid: Journal of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, 2006
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
doaj   +1 more source

Malattie, epidemie, dicerie

open access: yesBibliomanie, 2022
Elena Mazzini
doaj   +1 more source

L’écriture de l’épidémie au XXIème siècle, un lieu de rencontre pluridisciplinaire [PDF]

open access: yesAkofena
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
doaj   +1 more source

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]

open access: yes, 2014
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
core   +2 more sources

The spread of new viral pathogens and phytoplasmas in cultivated plants and their risks

open access: yesFood Risk Assess Europe, Volume 4, Issue 1, January 2026.
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 ...
wiley   +1 more source

Review of livestock pathology in the central African region: epidemiological considerations and control strategies [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
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
core   +1 more source

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