The Spread of Infectious Diseases in Migration Routes Between Caravans and Resident Communities: Modelling Yellow Fever in Central America
Sabrina Soares Simon,
Marcos Amaku,
Eduardo Massad
Abstract:ObjectivesTo investigate the impact of yellow fever (YF) vaccination in the context of an outbreak and its association with migration, by assessing the effects of herd immunity in endemic communities and caravans, and its potential spread to other subsequent at-risk, disease-free communities in the migratory route.MethodsWe use a SEIRV-SEI compartmental deterministic model for humans and vectors and numerical simulations applied to three coupled populations - caravans, endemic and disease-free communities. Two… Show more
Set email alert for when this publication receives citations?
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.