The Allee Effect and Elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases: A Mathematical Modelling Study

Advances in Parasitology

Volumn 87, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-31

  Gambhir, Manoj ^a   Singh, Brajendra K ^b   Michael, Edwin ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Allee effect; Basic reproduction number; Density dependences; Effective reproduction number; Elimination; Lymphatic filariasis; Mathematical modelling; Neglected tropical disease; Parasite fitness; Trachoma

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; DISEASE ELIMINATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIFE CYCLE; MACROPARASITE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CLEARANCE; PARASITE LOAD; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITOSIS; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES EXTINCTION; TROPICAL DISEASE; VECTOR CONTROL; AGE; ANIMAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE ERADICATION; NEGLECTED DISEASES; THEORETICAL MODEL; TROPICAL MEDICINE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE ERADICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEGLECTED DISEASES; POPULATION DENSITY; TROPICAL MEDICINE;

EID: 84924493744     PISSN: 0065308X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/bs.apar.2014.12.001     Document Type: Article

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