CystiSim - An Agent-Based Model for Taenia solium Transmission and Control.

• Main Authors: Uffe Christian Braae (Author), Brecht Devleesschauwer (Author), Sarah Gabriël (Author), Pierre Dorny (Author), Niko Speybroeck (Author), Pascal Magnussen (Author), Paul Torgerson (Author), Maria Vang Johansen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Taenia solium taeniosis/cysticercosis was declared eradicable by the International Task Force for Disease Eradication in 1993, but remains a neglected zoonosis. To assist in the attempt to regionally eliminate this parasite, we developed cystiSim, an agent-based model for T. solium transmission and...