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Fig. 3

From: Spatio-temporal modelling of Leishmania infantum infection among domestic dogs: a simulation study and sensitivity analysis applied to rural Brazil

Fig. 3

Model of L. infantum infection status in dogs. Susceptible dogs become latently infected at a rate dependent on the force of infection λh(t) (full details in section ‘Force of infection’). Movement between the latently infected state and the remaining three infected states occurs at constant rates. Deaths occur from every state in the model and the mortality rates differ between the states. Upon death, a new dog is introduced into the same household. Newly-introduced dogs were placed either in the susceptible state (representing birth and susceptible immigration) or one of the infected states (representing immigration of an infected dog into the study region). Death and replacement are not shown in this figure

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