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Modeling and simulating the evolution of resistance against antibiotics.
International journal of bio-medical computing - 1 Jul 1993
Massad E, Lundberg S, Yang H M
Abstract excerpt
An epidemiological model is proposed for the spread of resistance against antibiotics in populations of bacterial pathogens. The host population, which is assumed to be constant, is divided into three compartments, viz. susceptible, hosts infected by an antibiotic-sensitive strain and hosts infected by a resistant strain. It is further assumed that susceptibles can be infected by either strain and that there is a...
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