A mathematical model of Guinea worm disease in Chad with fish as intermediate transport hosts

DOI10.1016/j.jtbi.2021.110683zbMath1465.92118OpenAlexW3138900924WikidataQ113869635 ScholiaQ113869635MaRDI QIDQ2029559

Allison P. Hodgkins, Jan Rychtář, Essence E. Pearl, Paul K. Spears, Cesar A. Gonzalez Engelhard, Dewey T. Taylor

Publication date: 3 June 2021

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2021.110683

zbMATH Keywords

disease controleradicationdisease preventiondracunculiasis

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Epidemiology (92D30) Population dynamics (general) (92D25)

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