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Modeling tuberculosis transmission in urban cities through agent-based simulation: the case of Barcelona
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Author:
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Montañola Sales, Cristina; Prats Soler, Clara; Cardona, Pere-Joan; Gilabert, Joan-Francesc; López Codina, Daniel; Vilaplana, Cristina; Casanovas Garcia, Josep; Valls Ribas, Joaquim
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Other authors:
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Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física; Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament d'Estadística i Investigació Operativa; Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. BIOCOM-SC - Grup de Biologia Computacional i Sistemes Complexos; Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. IMP - Information Modeling and Processing |
Abstract:
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Tuberculosis remains one of the world’s deadliest infectious
diseases. About one-third of the world’s population is infected
with tuberculosis bacteria. Understanding the dynamics of
transmission at different spatial scales is critical to progress in its
control. We present an agent-based model for tuberculosis
epidemics in Barcelona, which has an observatory on this disease.
Our model considers high heterogeneity within the population,
including risk factors for developing an active disease, and it
tracks the individual behavior once diagnosed. We incorporated
the immunodeficiency and smoking/alcoholism, as well as the
individual’s origin (foreigner or not) for its contagion and
infection as risks factors. We implemented the model in Netlogo,
a useful tool for interaction with physicians. However, the
platform has some computational limitations, and we propose a
solution to overcome them. |
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Peer Reviewed |
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-Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Ciències de la salut::Medicina::Anatomia i fisiologia humana -Tuberculosis -Tuberculosis -agent-based simulation -epidemics -Tuberculosi |
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Article - Published version Conference Object |
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Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
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