Conditions for eradicating hepatitis C in people who inject drugs: a fibrosis aware model of hepatitis C virus transmission

DOI10.1016/J.JTBI.2016.01.030MaRDI QIDQ306590zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Ignacio Rozada, Daniel Coombs, Viviane D. Lima

Publication date 1 September 2016

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

Full work available at URL http://europepmc.org/articles/pmc6736523

zbMATH Keywords

stabilitybasic reproduction numbermathematical modelfibrosisHCV

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Epidemiology (92D30)

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Uses Software

• SciPy
• Python

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