Mathematically modeling the effect of touch frequency on the environmental transmission of \textit{Clostridioides difficile} in healthcare settings

DOI10.1016/J.MBS.2021.108666zbMath1475.92191OpenAlexW3186878642MaRDI QIDQ2241949

Cristina Lanzas, Cara Jill Sulyok, Judy Day, Lindsey Fox, Hannah Ritchie, Suzanne M. Lenhart

Publication date: 9 November 2021

Published in: Mathematical Biosciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mbs.2021.108666

zbMATH Keywords

ordinary differential equationsmathematical modelstochastic simulationenvironmental transmission\textit{Clostridioides difficile}fomite

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Epidemiology (92D30) Medical epidemiology (92C60)

Uses Software

• Unnamed Item

Cites Work

• Optimal control of vaccination rate in an epidemiological model of \textit{Clostridium difficile} transmission
• A methodology for performing global uncertainty and sensitivity analysis in systems biology
• Modeling the effect of antibiotic exposure on the transmission of methicillin-resistant \textit{Staphylococcus aureus} in hospitals with environmental contamination
• Pathogen transfer through environment–host contact: an agent-based queueing theoretic framework

This page was built for publication: Mathematically modeling the effect of touch frequency on the environmental transmission of \textit{Clostridioides difficile} in healthcare settings