A three-dimensional multi-agent-based model for the evolution of Chagas' disease

BioSystems

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 225-230

  Galvão, Viviane ^a   Miranda, José Garcia Vivas ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Autonomous agent; Chronic chagasic cardiomyopathy; Computational model; Parasitemia

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; CHAGAS DISEASE; EVOLUTION; MODELING;

ARTICLE; CELL KINETICS; CELL TYPE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FIBROBLAST; FIBROSIS; HEART; HEART MUSCLE CELL; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARASITE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 77952545257     PISSN: 03032647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2010.03.007     Document Type: Article

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