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Computational model of a vector-mediated epidemic

Author(s) -

Adriana Gomes Dickman,

Ronald Dickman

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

american journal of physics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.541

H-Index - 99

eISSN - 1943-2909

pISSN - 0002-9505

DOI - 10.1119/1.4917164

Subject(s) - dengue fever , vector (molecular biology) , physics , epidemic model , malaria , virology , population , disease , transmission (telecommunications) , statistical physics , biology , immunology , medicine , computer science , environmental health , genetics , telecommunications , pathology , gene , recombinant dna

We discuss a lattice model of vector-mediated transmission of a disease to illustrate how simulations can be applied in epidemiology. The population consists of two species, human hosts and vectors, which contract the disease from one another. Hosts are sedentary, while vectors (mosquitoes) diffuse in space. Examples of such diseases are malaria, dengue fever, and Pierce's disease in vineyards. The model exhibits a phase transition between an absorbing (infection free) phase and an active one as parameters such as infection rates and vector density are varied.

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