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Title: |
Generic
Reaction-Diffusion Model For Transmission Of Mosquito-Borne Diseases: Results
Of Simulation With Actual Cases |
Authors: |
Cynthia Mui
Lian Kon, Jane Labadin |
Published in: |
(2016).ECMS 2016 Proceedings edited
by: Thorsen Claus, Frank Herrmann, Michael Manitz, Oliver Rose, European Council for Modeling and
Simulation. doi:10.7148/2016 ISBN:
978-0-9932440-2-5 30th
European Conference on Modelling and Simulation, Regensburg Germany, May 31st
– June 3rd, 2016 |
Citation
format: |
Cynthia Mui
Lian Kon, Jane Labadin (2016). Generic Reaction-Diffusion Model For
Transmission Of Mosquito-Borne Diseases: Results Of Simulation With Actual
Cases, ECMS 2016 Proceedings edited by: Thorsten Claus, Frank Herrmann,
Michael Manitz, Oliver Rose
European Council for Modeling and Simulation. doi:10.7148/2016-0093 |
DOI: |
http://dx.doi.org/10.7148/2016-0093 |
Abstract: |
Mosquitos
can cause a lot of suffering to humans by transferring diseases. Malaria is a
mosquito-borne disease caused by the parasite Plasmodium. It is an acute public health issue in many countries
and can be fatal. Considering the similarity in the transmission of
mosquito-born diseases, a generic spatial-temporal model for transmission of
multiple mosquito-borne diseases was formulated. The main concern here is
whether the numerical results produced b this reaction-diffusion generic
model are comparable with actual cases. Here, the actual notified weekly
cases for 36 weeks, which is from week 39 in 2012 to week 22 in 2013, for
four districts in Sarawak, Malaysia, namely Kapit,
Song, Belaga and Marudi
are compared with simulations of the generic model. The random movement of
human and mosquito populations are taken into account. It is discovered that
the numerical results are in good agreement to the actual malaria cases in
the four districts. |
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