Congenital and Blood Transfusion Transmission of Chagas Disease: A Framework Using Mathematical Modeling
Joint Authors
Ramalho, Edneide
Albuquerque, Jones
Cristino, Cláudio
Lorena, Virginia
Gómez i Prat, Jordi
Prats, Clara
López, Daniel
Source
Issue
Vol. 2018, Issue 2018 (31 Dec. 2018), pp.1-10, 10 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2018-11-01
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Chagas disease or American trypanosomiasis is an important health problem in Latin America.
Due to the mobility of Latin American population around the world, countries without vector presence started to report disease cases.
We developed a deterministic compartmental model in order to gain insights into the disease dynamics in a scenario without vector presence, considering congenital transmission and transmission by blood transfusion.
The model was used to evaluate the epidemiological effect of control measures.
It was applied to demographic data from Spain and sensitivity analysis was performed on model parameters associated with control strategies.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Ramalho, Edneide& Albuquerque, Jones& Cristino, Cláudio& Lorena, Virginia& Gómez i Prat, Jordi& Prats, Clara…[et al.]. 2018. Congenital and Blood Transfusion Transmission of Chagas Disease: A Framework Using Mathematical Modeling. Complexity،Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-10.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Ramalho, Edneide…[et al.]. Congenital and Blood Transfusion Transmission of Chagas Disease: A Framework Using Mathematical Modeling. Complexity No. 2018 (2018), pp.1-10.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Ramalho, Edneide& Albuquerque, Jones& Cristino, Cláudio& Lorena, Virginia& Gómez i Prat, Jordi& Prats, Clara…[et al.]. Congenital and Blood Transfusion Transmission of Chagas Disease: A Framework Using Mathematical Modeling. Complexity. 2018. Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1132925
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1132925