Modeling Optimal Intervention Strategies for Cholera

Bulletin of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2004-2018

  Miller Neilan, Rachael L ^a   Schaefer, Elsa ^b   Gaff, Holly ^c   Fister, K Renee ^d   Lenhart, Suzanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basic reproductive number; Cholera; Optimal control; Sensitivity analysis; SIR model

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHOLERA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; CHOLERA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77958477571     PISSN: 00928240     EISSN: 15229602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11538-010-9521-8     Document Type: Article

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