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The reproductive number of Zika in municipalities of Antioquia, Colombia: stratifying the potential transmission of an ongoing epidemic
Juan Ospina, Doracelly Hincapie-Palacio, Jesús Ochoa +7
Introduction: Zika epidemic in America was declared a public health emergency of international concern after the rapid spread in the region. Stratification of the potential transmi…
Role of Mobility and Health Disparities on the Transmission Dynamics of Tuberculosis
Victor Moreno, Baltazar Espinoza, Kamal Barley +4
The transmission dynamics of Tuberculosis (TB) involve complex epidemiological and socio-economical interactions between individuals living in highly distinct regional conditions.…
Challenges in Modeling Complexity of Neglected Tropical Diseases: Assessment of Visceral Leishmaniasis Dynamics in Resource Limited Settings
Swati DebRoy, Olivia Prosper, Austin Mishoe +1
Neglected tropical diseases (NTD), particularly vector-borne diseases (VBD), account for a large proportion of the global disease burden, and their control faces several challenges…
Some Models for Epidemics of Vector-Transmitted Diseases
Fred Brauer, Carlos Castillo-Chavez, Anuj Mubayi +1
Vector-transmitted diseases such as dengue fever and chikungunya have been spreading rapidly in many parts of the world. The Zika virus has been known since 1947 and invaded South…
Estimate of the reproduction number of the 2015 Zika virus outbreak in Barranquilla, Colombia, and estimation of the relative role of sexual transmission
Sherry Towers, Fred Brauer, Carlos Castillo-Chavez +3
Background: In 2015, the Zika arbovirus (ZIKV) began circulating in the Americas, rapidly expanding its global geographic range in explosive outbreaks. Unusual among mosquito-borne…
Self-Propelled Pedestrian Dynamics Model: Application to Passenger Movement and Infection Propagation in Airplanes
S. Namilae, A. Srinivasan, A. Mubayi +2
Reducing the number of contacts between passengers on an airplane can potentially curb the spread of infectious diseases. In this paper, a social force based pedestrian movement mo…