Teoria do Raio Espectral e o Esforço de Vacinação Mínimo para Infecções de Transmissão Direta
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https://doi.org/10.5540/tema.2000.01.01.0045Abstract
Neste trabalho estabelecemos uma caracterização do número de reprodutibilidade basal R0 para uma doença infecciosa de transmissão direta como sendo o raio espectral da derivada de Fréchet de um operador integral. Obtemos limites inferior e superior para R0 e condições suficientes para a unicidade da solução não trivial da força de infecção, que neste caso pode ser atingida como o limite de umaseqüência recursiva. Como aplicação, consideramos uma taxa de contato constante em todas as idades e obtivemos resultados clássicos bem como o esforço mínimo de vacinação necessário para a erradicação da doença.References
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