Understanding transmission and control of the pork tapeworm with CystiAgent: a spatially explicit agent-based model.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The pork tapeworm, Taenia solium, is a serious public health problem in rural low-resource areas of Latin America, Africa and Asia, where the associated conditions of nuerocysticercosis (NCC) and porcine cysticercosis cause substantial health and economic harms. An accurate and validated transmission model for T. solium would serve as an important new tool for control and elimination, as it would allow for comparison of available intervention strategies, and prioritization of the most effective strategies for control and elimination efforts.

Methods

We developed a spatially-explicit agent-based model (ABM) for T. solium ("CystiAgent") that differs from prior T. solium models by including a spatial framework and behavioral parameters such as pig roaming, open human

SUBMITTER: Pray IW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7379812 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature