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. 1989;27(6):707-15.
doi: 10.1007/BF00276952.

On the solution of mathematical models of herd immunity in human helminth infections

M V José  1
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On the solution of mathematical models of herd immunity in human helminth infections

M V José. J Math Biol. 1989.

Abstract

The general solution of the mathematical model of herd immunity to human helminth infections recently proposed by Anderson and May is obtained. The numerical solution of a more accurate biological model is indistinguishable from the corresponding exact solution of a more tractable mathematical model. Computer simulations of some particular cases of this model support the notion that both ecological and immunological factors determine the observed convex patterns of age-prevalence and age-intensity curves of human helminth infections.

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