TY - JOUR
T1 - Sex-structured disease transmission model and control mechanisms for visceral leishmaniasis (VL)
AU - Awoke, Temesgen Debas
AU - Kassa, Semu Mitiku
AU - Morupisi, Kgomotso Suzan
AU - Tsidu, Gizaw Mengistu
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright: © 2024 Awoke et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
PY - 2024/4
Y1 - 2024/4
N2 - Background Leishmaniasis are a group of diseases caused by more than 20 species of the protozoan that are transmitted through the bite of female sand fly. The disease is endemic to 98 countries of the world. It affects most commonly the poorest of the poor and mainly males. Several research has been conducted to propose disease control strategies. Effective medical care, vector control, environmental hygiene, and personal protection are the mainstays of the current preventative and control methods. The mathematical models for the transmission dynamics of the disease studied so far did not consider the sex-biased burden of the disease into consideration.
AB - Background Leishmaniasis are a group of diseases caused by more than 20 species of the protozoan that are transmitted through the bite of female sand fly. The disease is endemic to 98 countries of the world. It affects most commonly the poorest of the poor and mainly males. Several research has been conducted to propose disease control strategies. Effective medical care, vector control, environmental hygiene, and personal protection are the mainstays of the current preventative and control methods. The mathematical models for the transmission dynamics of the disease studied so far did not consider the sex-biased burden of the disease into consideration.
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U2 - 10.1371/journal.pone.0301217
DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0301217
M3 - Article
C2 - 38564571
AN - SCOPUS:85189365891
SN - 1932-6203
VL - 19
JO - PLoS One
JF - PLoS One
IS - 4 April
M1 - e0301217
ER -