Determining important parameters in the spread of malaria through the sensitivity analysis of a mathematical model

Bulletin of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1272-1296

  Chitnis, Nakul ^a,b,c   Hyman, James M ^b,d   Cushing, Jim M ^c,d  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Endemic equilibria; Epidemic model; Malaria; Reproductive number; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALARIA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMODIUM; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MALARIA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLASMODIUM; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 47349102730     PISSN: 00928240     EISSN: 15229602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11538-008-9299-0     Document Type: Article

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