A model of tuberculosis transmission and intervention strategies in an urban residential area

Computational Biology and Chemistry

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 86-96

  Pienaar, Elsje ^a   Fluitt, Aaron M ^a   Whitney, Scott E ^a   Freifeld, Alison G ^b   Viljoen, Hendrik J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Commute; Mathematical model; Multiple cluster; Tuberculosis; Urban community

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS; INTERVENTION STRATEGY; MODEL DYNAMICS; MULTIPLE CLUSTER; MULTIPLE CLUSTERS; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; RESIDENTIAL AREAS; SOCIAL PATTERNS; URBAN COMMUNITY;

DIAGNOSIS; TERBIUM ALLOYS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH; HUMAN; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN POPULATION; TRANSMISSION;

HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN HEALTH; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77953290925     PISSN: 14769271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiolchem.2010.03.003     Document Type: Article

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