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Comparing epidemic tuberculosis in demographically distinct heterogeneous populations.
Mathematical biosciences - 1 Jan 2000
Murphy Brian M, Singer Benjamin H, Anderson Shoana, Kirschner Denise
Abstract excerpt
There is wide variation in endemic tuberculosis (TB) levels between countries and we seek to identify possible causes of these differences. In this study we present an epidemiological model of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection to investigate the effects of host genetics and demographic factors on epidemic TB. We discuss the general framework for this approach and present analytical results to identify...
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