Simulating transmission and control of Taenia solium infections using a Reed-Frost stochastic model

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 547-558

  Kyvsgaard, Niels C ^a,c   Johansen, Maria Vang ^b,c   Carabin, Hélène ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^c WHO REGIONAL OFFICE FOR EUROPE   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Control; Deterministic and stochastic models; Taenia solium; Transmission dynamics

Indexed keywords

DEFINITIVE HOST; ENDOPARASITE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FLATWORM; INTERMEDIATE HOST; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITE INFESTATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PIG; SIMULATION; STOCHASTICITY; VACCINATION;

ARTICLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENE TARGETING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTION CONTROL; LIFE CYCLE; PREVALENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STOCHASTIC MODEL; TAENIA SOLIUM; TAENIASIS;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; CYSTICERCOSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TAENIASIS; TOILET FACILITIES; VACCINATION; ZOONOSES;

CESTODA; PROTOZOA; SUIDAE; TAENIA SOLIUM;

EID: 33947266998     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2006.11.018     Document Type: Article

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