Simulating the elimination of sleeping sickness with an agent-based model
Although Human African Trypanosomiasis is largely considered to be in the process of extinction today, the persistence of human and animal reservoirs, as well as the vector, necessitates a laborious elimination process. In this context, modeling could be an effective tool to evaluate the ability of...
Main Authors: | Grébaut Pascal, Girardin Killian, Fédérico Valentine, Bousquet François |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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EDP Sciences
2016-01-01
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Series: | Parasite |
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2016066 |
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