ReviewThe Canadian journal of infectious diseases & medical microbiology = Journal canadien des maladies infectieuses et de la microbiologie medicale2019
Epidemiology of Plague: Problems with the Use of Mathematical Epidemiological Models in Plague Research and the Question of Transmission by Human Fleas and Lice.
Review in The Canadian journal of infectious diseases & medical microbiology = Journal canadien des maladies infectieuses et de la microbiologie medicale, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.
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3 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.
- Differential word expression analyses highlight plague dynamics during the second pandemic.Royal Society open science · 2022Article
- Poor vector competence of the human flea, Pulex irritans, to transmit Yersinia pestis.Parasites & vectors · 2021Article
- Yersinia pestis: the Natural History of Plague.Clinical microbiology reviews · 2020Review
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Abstract
This article addresses the recent use of mathematical epidemiological SIR or SEIR models in plague research. This use of S(E)IR models is highly problematic, but the problems are not presented and considered. Serious problems show in that such models are used to "prove" that historical plague was a (1) Filoviridae disease and (2) a bacterial disease caused by
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