Modelling the transmission of pathogens by considering environmental- and direct transmission mechanisms
| dc.contributor.advisor | Schoeman, Ilse Maria | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Spoelstra, Jacob | |
| dc.contributor.author | Scholtz, A | |
| dc.contributor.researchID | 10921583 - Schoeman, Ilse Maria (Supervisor) | |
| dc.contributor.researchID | 10058117 - Spoelstra, Jacob (Supervisor) | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-05-14T14:15:40Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-05-14T14:15:40Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
| dc.description | MSc (Applied Mathematics), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2015 | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Environmental transmission of pathogens is a concern in society. With the rise of emerging diseases such as influenza type A, Ebola and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis, there is a demand for understanding the transmission of these diseases in order to devise control strategies. A thorough literature study is done on the methodology used in epidemiological modelling. Models incorporating environmental transmission mechanisms from literature are analysed and a model is proposed which incorporates both direct- and environmental transmission mechanisms. An empirical case study is done on influenza type A using acquired data. It is shown that the mechanism of environmental transmission is viable in human-to-human transmission | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | South African Centre for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis National Research Foundation North-West University and the School for Computer, Statistical and Mathematical Sciences | en_US |
| dc.description.thesistype | Masters | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10394/32337 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | North-West University (South Africa). Potchefstroom Campus | en_US |
| dc.subject | Mathematical modelling | en_US |
| dc.subject | Mathematical epidemiology | en_US |
| dc.subject | Environmental transmission | en_US |
| dc.subject | Direct transmission | en_US |
| dc.subject | Basic reproduction number | en_US |
| dc.title | Modelling the transmission of pathogens by considering environmental- and direct transmission mechanisms | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |