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SCHISTOSOMIASIS TRANSMISSION AND CONTROL IN A DISTRIBUTED HETEROGENEOUS HUMAN-SNAIL ENVIRONMENT IN COASTAL KENYA

Li, Zhuobin
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1200507396

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2008, Doctor of Philosophy, Case Western Reserve University, Mathematics.
Schistosomiasis, a disease caused by parasitic flukes, infects 207 million people worldwide, especially in South America, the Middle East and Southeast Asia. The schistosome parasite undergoes a complex life cycle that involves two hosts: a definitive human/animal host and an intermediate snail host. Based on transmission estimates from field studies, there are strong seasonal variations in snail populations, as well as agedependent infection patterns and heterogeneities among different human and snail clusters that strongly affect transmission risk. Optimal control strategies for timing and resource allocation need to be defined using non-linear models that can account for these important environmental and behavioral patterns. Here we outline a mathematical model of heterogeneous schistosome transmission for distributed human/snail population clusters, age-dependent water contact behavior, and seasonal changes in environment and use this model to define optimal strategies for parasite control.
David Gurarie (Advisor)
123 p.
Schistosomiasis; mathematical modeling; two-stage population model; distributed environment; heterogeneity; control strategy

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  • Li, Z. (2008). SCHISTOSOMIASIS TRANSMISSION AND CONTROL IN A DISTRIBUTED HETEROGENEOUS HUMAN-SNAIL ENVIRONMENT IN COASTAL KENYA [Doctoral dissertation, Case Western Reserve University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1200507396

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Li, Zhuobin. SCHISTOSOMIASIS TRANSMISSION AND CONTROL IN A DISTRIBUTED HETEROGENEOUS HUMAN-SNAIL ENVIRONMENT IN COASTAL KENYA. 2008. Case Western Reserve University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1200507396.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Li, Zhuobin. "SCHISTOSOMIASIS TRANSMISSION AND CONTROL IN A DISTRIBUTED HETEROGENEOUS HUMAN-SNAIL ENVIRONMENT IN COASTAL KENYA." Doctoral dissertation, Case Western Reserve University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1200507396

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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