Aaleah Lancaster
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Mathematics
Bachelor of Science - BS
Bennett College
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High endemic levels of typhoid fever in rural areas of Ghana may stem from optimal voluntary vaccination behaviour
The Royal Society Publishing
Typhoid fever has long established itself endemically in rural Ghana despite the availability of cheap and effective vaccines. We used a game-theoretic model to investigate whether the low vaccination coverage in Ghana could be attributed to rational human behaviour. We adopted a version of an epidemiological model of typhoid fever dynamics, which accounted not only for chronic life-long
carriers but also for a short-cycle transmission in the immediate environment and a long-cycle transmission via contamination of the water supply. We calibrated the model parameters based on the known incidence data. We found that unless the (perceived) cost of vaccination is negligible, the individually optimal population vaccination rate falls significantly short of the societally optimal population vaccination rate needed to reach herd immunity. We expressed both the herd immunity and the optimal equilibrium vaccination rates in terms of only a few observable parameters such as the incidence rate, demographics, vaccine waning rate and the perceived cost of vaccination relative to the cost of infection. This allowed us not to rely on other uncertain epidemiological model parameters and, in particular, to bypass uncertainties about the role of the carriers in the transmission.
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspa.2020.0354
A voluntary use of insecticide-treated cattle can eliminate African sleeping sickness
Letters in BioMathematics
African sleeping sickness is a vector-borne disease caused by the parasite Trypanosoma brucei. It is transmitted by tsetse flies and one of the most effective strategies to combat the disease is the use of insecticide-treated cattle (ITC). In this paper, we present a game-theoretical model, in which individual farmers choose their own level of ITC in order to maximize their own benefits, effectively balancing the cost of ITC and the risk of their cows contracting the disease. We find that even when the usage of ITC is strictly voluntary, the optimal ITC usage will eliminate the disease when the cost of ITC is not prohibitively large. This is in a sharp contrast with similar scenarios of vaccination games where a voluntary vaccination never eliminates a disease entirely.
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Carla Adams
Registered Nurse
Danville, VA
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Record Technician at Canon Business Process Services
New York, NY
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Clinical Psychology Doctoral Student, Virginia Consortium Program in Clinical Psychology
Martinsville, VA
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Angela Robinson
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San Francisco Bay Area
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Alyxandra Reid
Library Associate at Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Charlotte Metro
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Lauren Carroll
Executive Administrator at The Freedom Church of Jacksonville
Metro Jacksonville
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Jacquelyn Blake
Assistant Youth Director at St Marys Episcopal Church
Greensboro, NC
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David Salvesen
Former Deputy Director, Center for Sustainable Community Design at University of North Carolina, Institute for the Environment
Carrboro, NC
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Sales
Charlotte, NC
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Video Producer
Charlotte, NC
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Calaya Crockett
Help Desk Coordinator at Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
Charlotte, NC
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Angie Groves
Assistant Principal at Willamette Connections Academy
Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
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Bria Holman
Cash Management Analyst at CTG
Baltimore, MD
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Business Management Consultant
Silver Spring, MD
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Bishop Battle
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United States
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William F James, Jr
Retired Elected Official
Matthews, NC
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Lapresha Whitfield
Student at Bennett College
Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point Area
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