A multiscale model for the world's first parasitic disease targeted for eradication: Guinea worm disease

DOI10.1155/2017/1473287zbMath1382.92245DBLPjournals/cmmm/NetshikwetaG17OpenAlexW2738663993WikidataQ39299786 ScholiaQ39299786MaRDI QIDQ1705356

Rendani Netshikweta, Winston Garira

Publication date: 15 March 2018

Published in: Computational \& Mathematical Methods in Medicine (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/1473287

zbMATH Keywords

basic reproduction numberGuinea worm diseasenext generation operator approach

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Epidemiology (92D30)

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