Simulation of mathematical models as a tool for the study of reservoirs of American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis;Simulación de modelos matemáticos como herramienta para el estudio de los reservorios de la Leishmaniasis Cutánea Americana

Divulgaciones Matematicas

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 125-154

  Chaves, Luis Fernando ^a   Hernandez, Maria Josefina ^b   Ramos, Santiago ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

American cutaneous leishmaniasis; Incidental hosts; Las Rosas; Mathematical models; Simulations; Transmission dynamics; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

EID: 40849134323     PISSN: 13152068     EISSN: 13152068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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