کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
6371498 1318925 2011 15 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Analysis of a mathematical model for tuberculosis: What could be done to increase case detection
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علوم کشاورزی و بیولوژیک علوم کشاورزی و بیولوژیک (عمومی)
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Analysis of a mathematical model for tuberculosis: What could be done to increase case detection
چکیده انگلیسی
This paper presents qualitative and quantitative study of a TB mathematical model to test results from a survey carried out in Benin City, Nigeria. The purpose of the survey was to determine factors that could enhance the case detection rate of tuberculosis. Results from the survey identified four key factors that must be combined for an effective control of TB and increase the case detection rate: effective awareness programme, active cough identification, associated cost factor for treatment of identified cases and effective treatment. The overall effect of these factors on the basic reproduction number under treatment, RT, of the TB model was considered. In all, a serious concentration on tuberculosis awareness programmes and active cough identification as a marker for someone having TB was shown to significantly reduce the value of the reproduction number, hereby reducing the severity of the disease in the presence of treatment.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of Theoretical Biology - Volume 269, Issue 1, 21 January 2011, Pages 31-45
نویسندگان
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