SIMLEP: A simulation model for leprosy transmission and control

International Journal of Leprosy and Other Mycobacterial Diseases

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 215-236

  Meima, Abraham ^a   Gupte, Mohan D ^b   Van Oortmarssen, Gerrit J ^a   Habbema, J Dik F ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPROSY VACCINE;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; LEPROSY; LEPROSY CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; VACCINATION;

BCG VACCINE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DAPSONE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEPROSTATIC AGENTS; LEPROSY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; PREVALENCE; RIFAMPIN;

EID: 0032699607     PISSN: 0148916X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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