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Estimation of parameters in a closed pygmy population in Cameroon

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  • Yannick Tchaptchie Kouakep

    (Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Ngaoundéré University, Cameroon)

Abstract

Inspired by a manuscript of (kouakep, arxiv.org/abs/1505.06431, 2016), we considered in this note a wellposed model with deferential susceptibility and infectivity adding continuous age structure to an ODE model for a “Baka†pygmy group in the East of Cameroon (Africa). Assuming a very low contribution of carriers to infection compare to acute infectious, we estimate a probability p(a) (to develop symptomatic Hepatitis B state at age a) and acute carriers’ transmission rate. The value R0 = 2:67 >1 of the basic reproduction number estimated from data in the east of Cameroon confirms that HBV is endemic in the Baka pygmy group.

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  • Yannick Tchaptchie Kouakep, 2018. "Estimation of parameters in a closed pygmy population in Cameroon," Biostatistics and Biometrics Open Access Journal, Juniper Publishers Inc., vol. 8(1), pages 17-21, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:adp:jbboaj:v:8:y:2018:i:1:p:17-21
    DOI: 10.19080/BBOAJ.2018.08.555730
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