Modelling the effect of vaccines on cholera transmission
Tuesday, August 4, 2015 - 13:30
in Health & Medicine
Cholera is a diarrheal disease that is caused by an intestinal bacterium, Vibrio cholerae. Recently an outbreak of cholera in Haiti brought public attention to this deadly disease. In this work, the goal of our differential equation model is to find an effective optimal vaccination strategy to minimize the disease related mortality and to reduce the associated costs.