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JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY
卷 247, 期 4, 页码 765-774出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2007.04.015
关键词
epidemiology; networks; mathematical model; delay model; reinfection
资金
- NIAID NIH HHS [K08 AI055985-05, K08 AI055985] Funding Source: Medline
Tuberculosis is a disease of global importance: over 2 million deaths are attributed to this infectious disease each year. Even in areas where tuberculosis is in decline, there are sporadic outbreaks which are often attributed either to increased host susceptibility or increased strain transmissibility and virulence. Using two mathematical models, we explore the role of the contact structure of the population, and find that in declining epidemics, localized outbreaks may occur as a result of contact heterogeneity even in the absence of host or strain variability. We discuss the implications of this finding for tuberculosis control in low incidence settings. (c) 2007 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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