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Croup Syndrome and Parainfluenza Virus Type 1-Infections - a Model Analysis

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Analyse dynamischer Systeme in Medizin, Biologie und Ökologie

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Pseudokrupp ist eine Atemwegserkrankung bei kleinen Kindern, die durch Viren, ungünstige Wetterbedingungen, aber auch durch Reizstoffe in der Atemluft verursacht werden kann. Infektionen mit dem Parainfluenza 1-Viren spielen dabei eine wichtige Rolle. Der Zusammenhang zwischen einer Infektion mit diesem Virus und Pseudokrupp wird an einem verallgemeinerten altersabhängigen SIR Modell untersucht. Unter der Annahme, daß das Risiko eines Krupp-Anfalls für ein infiziertes Kind von dem Durchmesser der Trachea abhängt, ergeben sich aus der Simulation Bedingungen, unter denen das zweijährige periodische Auftreten und die Altersverteilung der Erkrankung, die epidemiologisch beobachtet werden, reproduziert werden können.

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Croup syndrome is a respiratory disease in small children which can be caused by different factors as viruses, weather conditions and irritants in the air. One of the most important cause are parainfluenza virus type 1-infections. Their influence on croup attacks is analysed by a generalized age-dependent SIR model. In the model, the chance that an infected child has a croup attack depends on the diameter of the trachea. The simulation identifies conditions, for which the biannual periodicity and the age distribution of the disease, which are epidemiologically observed, can be reproduced.

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Wichmann, H.E., Franke, H. (1991). Croup Syndrome and Parainfluenza Virus Type 1-Infections - a Model Analysis. In: Möller, D.P.F., Richter, O. (eds) Analyse dynamischer Systeme in Medizin, Biologie und Ökologie. Informatik-Fachberichte, vol 275. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-77020-3_13

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