DSpace JSPUI
DSpace preserves and enables easy and open access to all types of digital content including text, images, moving images, mpegs and data sets
Learn More
Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item:
http://hdl.handle.net/10311/1854| Title: | A continuous mathematical model for Shigella outbreaks |
| Authors: | Chaturvedi, Ojaswita Masupe, Tiny Masupe, Shedden |
| Keywords: | Epidemic modelling Mathematical modelling Shigella |
| Issue Date: | 2014 |
| Publisher: | Scientific & Academic Publishing, http://www.sapub.org/ |
| Citation: | Chaturvedi, O., Masupe, T. & Masupe, S. (2014) A continuous mathematical model for Shigella outbreaks. American Journal of Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 10-16 |
| Abstract: | A continuous mathematical model of shigella diarrhea is introduced in this paper. According to the pathogenesis of shigella, the model had been designed as an SIRS system comprising of a non-constant population. The disease-free state and the basic reproduction number (R0) have been computed for this system. In epidemics, there are always two cases: R00> 1 (epidemic existing state). Simulations of the system have been presented for both these cases which show the variations of the population in different situations. Data that has been used for examples and simulations is based on the demographics and disease outbreaks in Botswana. |
| Description: | NB: Some symbols may not appear as they are in the original document. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10311/1854 |
| ISSN: | 2163-1050 (Print) 2163-1077 (Online) |
| Appears in Collections: | Research articles (Dept of Family Medicine & Public Health) |
Files in This Item:
| File | Description | Size | Format | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaturvedi_AJBE_2014.pdf | 275.58 kB | Adobe PDF |  View/Open |
Items in DSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.