Modeling Infectious Diseases Dynamics: Dengue Fever, a Case Study
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Throughout human history, infectious diseases have caused debilitation and premature death to large portions of the human population, leading to serious social-economic concerns. Many factors have contributed to the persistence and increase in the occurrence of infectious disease (demographic factors, political, social and economic changes, environmental change, public health care and infrastructure, microbial adaptation, etc.), which according to the World Health Organization (WHO), are the second leading cause of death globally (≈ 23 % of deaths) after cardiovascular diseases (WHO, 2010).
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