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SCHISTOX: An individual based model for the epidemiology and control of schistosomiasis

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A stochastic individual based model, SCHISTOX, has been developed for the study of schistosome transmission dynamics and the impact of control by mass drug administration. More novel aspects that can be investigated include individual level adherence and access to treatment, multiple communities, human sex population dynamics, and implementation of a potential vaccine. Many of the model parameters have been estimated within previous studies and have been shown to vary between communities, suc...

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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1016/j.idm.2021.01.010

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ORCID:
0000-0003-4694-8107
Publisher:
Elsevier Publisher's website
Journal:
Infectious Disease Modelling Journal website
Volume:
6
Pages:
438-447
Publication date:
2021-02-04
Acceptance date:
2021-01-21
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EISSN:
2468-0427
ISSN:
2468-2152
Pmid:
33665519
Language:
English
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Pubs id:
1161626
Local pid:
pubs:1161626
Deposit date:
2021-10-06

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