Modelling the effects of pre-exposure and post-exposure vaccines in tuberculosis control

DOI10.1016/j.jtbi.2008.06.023zbMath1400.92465WikidataQ46471225 ScholiaQ46471225MaRDI QIDQ1797598

Winston Garira, Claver Pedzisai Bhunu, Gesham Magombedze, Zindoga Mukandavire

Publication date: 22 October 2018

Published in: Journal of Theoretical Biology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2008.06.023

zbMATH Keywords

stability; mathematical model; tuberculosis; reproduction number; bacille Calmette-Guerin; pre-exposure and post-exposure vaccines

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

92D30: Epidemiology

35B35: Stability in context of PDEs

35B32: Bifurcations in context of PDEs

92C60: Medical epidemiology

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