Clustered Breeding Sites: Shelters for Vector-Borne Diseases

Clustered Breeding Sites: Shelters for Vector-Borne Diseases

Here, the propagation of vector-borne diseases is modeled by using a probabilistic cellular automaton. Numerical simulations considering distinct spatial distributions and time variations of the vector abundance are performed, in order to investigate their impacts on the number of infected individua...

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Main Authors: J. C. A. Dias, L. H. A. Monteiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2018-01-01
Series:Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/2575017
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spelling doaj-1b010f02957e4d59a6eb74a458cc42f52020-11-24T21:02:21ZengHindawi LimitedComputational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine1748-670X1748-67182018-01-01201810.1155/2018/25750172575017Clustered Breeding Sites: Shelters for Vector-Borne DiseasesJ. C. A. Dias0L. H. A. Monteiro1Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, PPGEEC, São Paulo, SP, BrazilUniversidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, PPGEEC, São Paulo, SP, BrazilHere, the propagation of vector-borne diseases is modeled by using a probabilistic cellular automaton. Numerical simulations considering distinct spatial distributions and time variations of the vector abundance are performed, in order to investigate their impacts on the number of infected individuals of the host population. The main conclusion is as follows: in the clustered distributions, the prevalence is lower, but the eradication is more difficult to be achieved, as compared to homogeneous distributions. This result can be relevant in the implementation of preventive surveillance measures.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/2575017
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L. H. A. Monteiro
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Clustered Breeding Sites: Shelters for Vector-Borne Diseases
Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine
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title Clustered Breeding Sites: Shelters for Vector-Borne Diseases
title_short Clustered Breeding Sites: Shelters for Vector-Borne Diseases
title_full Clustered Breeding Sites: Shelters for Vector-Borne Diseases
title_fullStr Clustered Breeding Sites: Shelters for Vector-Borne Diseases
title_full_unstemmed Clustered Breeding Sites: Shelters for Vector-Borne Diseases
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publisher Hindawi Limited
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issn 1748-670X
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publishDate 2018-01-01
description Here, the propagation of vector-borne diseases is modeled by using a probabilistic cellular automaton. Numerical simulations considering distinct spatial distributions and time variations of the vector abundance are performed, in order to investigate their impacts on the number of infected individuals of the host population. The main conclusion is as follows: in the clustered distributions, the prevalence is lower, but the eradication is more difficult to be achieved, as compared to homogeneous distributions. This result can be relevant in the implementation of preventive surveillance measures.
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