Mathematical modeling of malaria infection with innate and adaptive immunity in individuals and agent-based communities.

Agent-based modeling of Plasmodium falciparum infection offers an attractive alternative to the conventional Ross-Macdonald methodology, as it allows simulation of heterogeneous communities subjected to realistic transmission (inoculation patterns).We developed a new, agent based model that accounts...

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Main Authors: David Gurarie, Stephan Karl, Peter A Zimmerman, Charles H King, Timothy G St Pierre, Timothy M E Davis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3314696?pdf=render