Stochastic agent-based modeling of tuberculosis in Canadian Indigenous communities

Stochastic agent-based modeling of tuberculosis in Canadian Indigenous communities

Abstract Background In Canada, active tuberculosis (TB) disease rates remain disproportionately higher among the Indigenous population, especially among the Inuit in the north. We used mathematical modeling to evaluate how interventions might enhance existing TB control efforts in a region of Nunavu...

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Main Authors: Ashleigh R. Tuite, Victor Gallant, Elaine Randell, Annie-Claude Bourgeois, Amy L. Greer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-01-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Subjects:
Canada
Latent TB infection
Mathematical model
Nunavut
Public health
Simulation
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-016-3996-7

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