Estimation of parameters governing the transmission dynamics of schistosomes

Applied Mathematics Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1105-1112

  Feng, Z ^a   Eppert, A ^a   Milner, F A ^a   Minchella, D J ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Control strategy; Mathematical model; Parameter estimation; Schistosomiasis

Indexed keywords

CHEMOTHERAPY; DISEASES; GENES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PATHOLOGY; PIECEWISE LINEAR TECHNIQUES;

CONTROL STRATEGY; PRAZIQUANTEL (PZQ); SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TRANSMISSION DYNAMICS;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

EID: 10644248940     PISSN: 08939659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aml.2004.02.002     Document Type: Article

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