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Computational Modeling of Interventions and Protective Thresholds to Prevent Disease Transmission in Deploying Populations
Joint Authors
Everett, Rebecca
Burgess, Colleen
Garman, Patrick
Peace, Angela
Allegri, Buena
Source
Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-17, 17 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-06-09
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
17
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Military personnel are deployed abroad for missions ranging from humanitarian relief efforts to combat actions; delay or interruption in these activities due to disease transmission can cause operational disruptions, significant economic loss, and stressed or exceeded military medical resources.
Deployed troops function in environments favorable to the rapid and efficient transmission of many viruses particularly when levels of protection are suboptimal.
When immunity among deployed military populations is low, the risk of vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks increases, impacting troop readiness and achievement of mission objectives.
However, targeted vaccination and the optimization of preexisting immunity among deployed populations can decrease the threat of outbreaks among deployed troops.
Here we describe methods for the computational modeling of disease transmission to explore how preexisting immunity compares with vaccination at the time of deployment as a means of preventing outbreaks and protecting troops and mission objectives during extended military deployment actions.
These methods are illustrated with five modeling case studies for separate diseases common in many parts of the world, to show different approaches required in varying epidemiological settings.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Burgess, Colleen& Peace, Angela& Everett, Rebecca& Allegri, Buena& Garman, Patrick. 2014. Computational Modeling of Interventions and Protective Thresholds to Prevent Disease Transmission in Deploying Populations. Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-17.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-497949
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Burgess, Colleen…[et al.]. Computational Modeling of Interventions and Protective Thresholds to Prevent Disease Transmission in Deploying Populations. Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-17.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-497949
American Medical Association (AMA)
Burgess, Colleen& Peace, Angela& Everett, Rebecca& Allegri, Buena& Garman, Patrick. Computational Modeling of Interventions and Protective Thresholds to Prevent Disease Transmission in Deploying Populations. Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-17.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-497949
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-497949