Proposing a Compartmental Model for Leprosy and Parameterizing Using Regional Incidence in Brazil.

• Autor Principal: Rebecca Lee Smith (Author)
• Formato: Libro
• Publicado: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Hansen's disease (HD), or leprosy, is still considered a public health risk in much of Brazil. Understanding the dynamics of the infection at a regional level can aid in identification of targets to improve control. A compartmental continuous-time model for leprosy dynamics was designed based o...