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A New Method to Predict the Effect of an Intervention in the Host Population to Reduce the Magnitude of an Outbreak of a Vector-Borne Infection
Francisco Antônio Bezerra Coutinho, Marcos Amaku, Esper Georges Kallas +1
In this paper, we propose a new model to estimate the impact of an intervention on human hosts of a vector-borne infection, such as dengue, which occurs in yearly outbreaks of diff…
Age-dependent distribution of officially reported cases of vector-borne infections
Francisco Antonio Bezerra Coutinho, Marcos Amaku, Esper Georges Kallas +1
OBJECTIVE: To propose a new approach to analyze the age-distribution of reported cases for vector-transmitted infections. METHODS: Using officially reported number of cases of deng…
Monty Hall problem revisited once more
Francisco A. B. Coutinho, Eduardo Massad, Luiz N. Oliveira
The Monty Hal problem is an attractive puzzle. It combines simple statement with answers that seem surprising to most audiences. The problem was thoroughly solved over two decades…
Estimating the Size of Aedes aegypti Populations from Dengue Incidence Data: Implications for the Risk of Yellow Fever, Zika Virus and Chikungunya Outbreaks
Eduardo Massad, Marcos Amaku, Francisco Antonio Bezerra Coutinho +4
In this paper we present a model to estimate the density of aedes mosquitoes in a community affected by dengue. The model is based on the fitting of a continuous function to the in…
Estimating the prevalence of infectious diseases from under-reported age-dependent compulsorily notification databases
Marcos Amaku, Marcelo Nascimento Burattini, Eleazar Chaib +4
Background: National or local laws, norms or regulations (sometimes and in some countries) require medical providers to report notifiable diseases to public health authorities. Rep…
The Magnitude and Frequency Variations of Vector-Borne Infections Outbreaks with the Ross-Macdonald Model: Explaining and Predicting Outbreaks of Dengue Fever
Marcos Amaku, Franciane Azevedo, Marcelo Nascimento Burattini +3
It is possible to model vector-borne infection using the classical Ross-Macdonald model. This attempt, however fails in several respects. First, using measured (or estimated) param…