Natural, persistent oscillations in a spatial multi-strain disease system with application to dengue.

Many infectious diseases are not maintained in a state of equilibrium but exhibit significant fluctuations in prevalence over time. For pathogens that consist of multiple antigenic types or strains, such as influenza, malaria or dengue, these fluctuations often take on the form of regular or irregul...

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Main Authors: José Lourenço, Mario Recker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-10-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3812071?pdf=render