Seasonal control for an endemic disease with seasonal fluctuations.
In diseases exhibiting seasonal fluctuations, it may make sense to exploit the seasonality when devising control strategies. In this paper, the effect of using a seasonal screening program to control gonorrhea is examined. Ordinary differential equation models are analyzed with perturbation methods and an optimum seasonal control strategy is determined.
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COLSA, Inc., Huntsville, Alabama 35806.
D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000379:methods*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D015233:Models, Statistical; D012621:Seasons; D014481:United States