Title: Systematic evaluation of the population-level effects of alternative treatment strategies on the basic reproduction number

Journal Article · · Journal of Theoretical Biology
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  1. Saint Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg (Russia)
  2. Universität Greifswald (Germany); Université Perpignan Via Domitia (France)
  3. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
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An approach to estimate the influence of the treatment-type controls on the basic reproduction number, R0, is proposed and elaborated. The presented approach allows one to estimate the effect of a given treatment strategy or to compare a number of different treatment strategies on the basic reproduction number. All our results are valid for sufficiently small values of the control. However, in many cases it is possible to extend this analysis to larger values of the control as was illustrated by examples.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE; USDOE: Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD)
Grant/Contract Number:
89233218CNA000001
OSTI ID:
1489969
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-18-31251
Journal Information:
Journal of Theoretical Biology, Journal Name: Journal of Theoretical Biology Journal Issue: C Vol. 462; ISSN 0022-5193
Publisher:
ElsevierCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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