A cost-based comparison of quarantine strategies for new emerging diseases

A classical epidemiological framework is used to provide a preliminary cost analysis of the effects of quarantine and isolation on the dynamics of infectious diseases for which no treatment or immediate diagnosis tools are available.Within this framework we consider the cost incurred from the implem...

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Main Authors: Anuj Mubayi, Christopher Kribs Zaleta, Maia Martcheva, Carlos Castillo-Chávez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIMS Press 2010-05-01
Series:Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering
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Online Access:https://www.aimspress.com/article/doi/10.3934/mbe.2010.7.687
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