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Developing a framework for modeling and simulating aedes aegypti and dengue fever dynamics

Lima, Tiago F. M.; Carneiro, Tiago Garcia de Senna; Lana, Raquel Martins; Codeço, Claudia Torres; Maretto, Raian Vargas; Medeiros, Liliam C. C.; Silva, Leandro G.; Santos, Leonardo B. L.; Reis, Isabel C. dos; Coelho, Flávio Codeço; Monteiro, Antônio M. V.

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Dengue fever is a challenging complex transmissible disease due to its unstable temporal and spatial dynamics. Modeling is a powerful tool to understand disease dynamics and to evaluate costs, benefits and effectiveness of control strategies. In order to assist decision-makers and researchers in the evaluation and proposition of new strategies, we present DengueME, a collaborative open source platform for dengue modeling. It provides an environment for easy implementation of compartmental and individual-based models over a geographic database, combining modules describing Aedes aegypti's life cycle, human demography, human mobility, urban landscape and dengue transmission.

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Tipo
Artigo científico
Ano
2013
Instituição
National Institute for Space Research, INPE
Idioma
Inglês
Acesso
Acesso aberto
Identificador
oai:repositorio.fgv.br:10438/25269
Temas
Saúde

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