New technologies in predicting, preventing and controlling emerging infectious diseases

E Christaki - Virulence, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Surveillance of emerging infectious diseases is vital for the early identification of public
health threats. Emergence of novel infections is linked to human factors such as population …

Chemical constituents and pharmacological actions of carob pods and leaves (Ceratonia siliqua L.) on the gastrointestinal tract: A review

K Rtibi, S Selmi, D Grami, M Amri, B Eto… - Biomedicine & …, 2017 - Elsevier
Carob tree, Ceratonia siliqua L., is a medicinal plant used in Tunisian traditional medicine
for the treatment of the gastro-intestinal (GI) disorders. In this respect, a relatively large …

Global stability of infectious disease models using Lyapunov functions

Z Shuai, P van den Driessche - SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics, 2013 - SIAM
Two systematic methods are presented to guide the construction of Lyapunov functions for
general infectious disease models and are thus applicable to establish their global …

[HTML][HTML] Social and news media enable estimation of epidemiological patterns early in the 2010 Haitian cholera outbreak

R Chunara, JR Andrews… - The American journal of …, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
During infectious disease outbreaks, data collected through health institutions and official
reporting structures may not be available for weeks, hindering early epidemiologic …

Using mobile phone data to predict the spatial spread of cholera

L Bengtsson, J Gaudart, X Lu, S Moore, E Wetter… - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
Effective response to infectious disease epidemics requires focused control measures in
areas predicted to be at high risk of new outbreaks. We aimed to test whether mobile …

Avoidable errors in the modelling of outbreaks of emerging pathogens, with special reference to Ebola

AA King, M Domenech de Cellès… - … of the Royal …, 2015 - royalsocietypublishing.org
As an emergent infectious disease outbreak unfolds, public health response is reliant on
information on key epidemiological quantities, such as transmission potential and serial …

Transmission dynamics of cholera: Mathematical modeling and control strategies

GQ Sun, JH **e, SH Huang, Z **, MT Li… - … in Nonlinear Science and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Cholera, as an endemic disease around the world, has generated great threat to human
society and caused enormous morbidity and mortality with weak surveillance system. In this …

Cholera surveillance during the Haiti epidemic—the first 2 years

EJ Barzilay, N Schaad, R Magloire… - … England Journal of …, 2013 - Mass Medical Soc
Background In October 2010, nearly 10 months after a devastating earthquake, Haiti was
stricken by epidemic cholera. Within days after detection, the Ministry of Public Health and …

Mobile phone data highlights the role of mass gatherings in the spreading of cholera outbreaks

F Finger, T Genolet, L Mari… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
The spatiotemporal evolution of human mobility and the related fluctuations of population
density are known to be key drivers of the dynamics of infectious disease outbreaks. These …

An agent-based modeling approach applied to the spread of cholera

AT Crooks, AB Hailegiorgis - Environmental Modelling & Software, 2014 - Elsevier
Cholera is an intestinal disease and is characterized by diarrhea and severe dehydration.
While cholera has mainly been eliminated in regions that can provide clean water, adequate …