Critical role of nosocomial transmission in the Toronto SARS outbreak
We develop a compartmental mathematical model to address therole of hospitals in severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) transmissiondynamics, which partially explains the heterogeneity of the epidemic. Comparison of the effects of two major policies, strict hospital infection controlprocedures and...
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| Main Authors: | , , , , |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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AIMS Press
2004-02-01
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| Series: | Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering |
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| Online Access: | https://www.aimspress.com/article/doi/10.3934/mbe.2004.1.1 |
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| Summary: | We develop a compartmental mathematical model to address therole of hospitals in severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) transmissiondynamics, which partially explains the heterogeneity of the epidemic. Comparison of the effects of two major policies, strict hospital infection controlprocedures and community-wide quarantine measures, implemented in Torontotwo weeks into the initial outbreak, shows that their combination is the key toshort-term containment and that quarantine is the key to long-term containment. |
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| ISSN: | 1551-0018 |