Relative transmissibility of shigellosis among male and female individuals: a modeling study in Hubei Province, China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Developing countries exhibit a high disease burden from shigellosis. Owing to the different incidences in males and females, this study aims to analyze the features involved in the transmission of shigellosis among male (subscript m) and female (subscript f) individuals using a newly developed sex-based model.

Methods

The data of reported shigellosis cases were collected from the China Information System for Disease Control and Prevention in Hubei Province from 2005 to 2017. A sex-based Susceptible-Exposed-Infectious/Asymptomatic-Recovered (SEIAR) model was applied to explore the dataset, and a sex-age-based SEIAR model was applied in 2010 to explore the sex- and age-specific transmissions.

Results

From 2005 to 2017, 130 770 shigellosis cases (including 73 

SUBMITTER: Zhao ZY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7162736 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature