TY - CONF
T1 - A Mathematical Model for Human and Animal Leptospirosis
AU - Baca-Carrasco, David
AU - Olmos, Daniel
AU - Barradas, Ignacio
PY - 2015/1/1
Y1 - 2015/1/1
N2 - © 2015 World Scientific Publishing Company. In this paper, we propose a SI model for the study of human and animal leptospirosis. Unlike other models for leptospirosis which consider only rodents as infection vectors, we consider that humans can be infected not only through contact with rodents, but also through any other animal that serves as a reservoir for the bacteria, and through contact with bacteria that are free in the environment. We calculate the basic reproductive number for this model, which is given in terms of the basic reproductive numbers of simpler subsystems of the original model, and propose some intervention techniques for controlling the disease based on our results.
AB - © 2015 World Scientific Publishing Company. In this paper, we propose a SI model for the study of human and animal leptospirosis. Unlike other models for leptospirosis which consider only rodents as infection vectors, we consider that humans can be infected not only through contact with rodents, but also through any other animal that serves as a reservoir for the bacteria, and through contact with bacteria that are free in the environment. We calculate the basic reproductive number for this model, which is given in terms of the basic reproductive numbers of simpler subsystems of the original model, and propose some intervention techniques for controlling the disease based on our results.
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U2 - 10.1142/S0218339015400057
DO - 10.1142/S0218339015400057
M3 - Paper
SP - S55-S65
T2 - Journal of Biological Systems
Y2 - 1 January 2015
ER -