Persistent high incidence of tuberculosis among immigrants in a low-incidence country: Impact of immigrants with early or late latency
Spread of tuberculosis (TB) due to the immigration from somedeveloping countries with high TB incidence to developed countriesposes an increasing challenge in the global TB control. Here asimple compartmental TB model with constant immigration, early andlate latency is developed in order to investig...
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Main Authors: | Hongbin Guo, Jianhong Wu |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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AIMS Press
2011-05-01
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Series: | Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering |
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Online Access: | https://www.aimspress.com/article/doi/10.3934/mbe.2011.8.695 |
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