Representing Tuberculosis Transmission with Complex Contagion: An Agent-Based Simulation Modeling Approach.

Erin D ZwickCaitlin S PepperellOguzhan Alagoz

Published in: Medical decision making : an international journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making (2021)

We find that complex contagion qualitatively changes the trajectory of a TB epidemic, although data from a high-incidence setting are reproduced better with the base model. Results from this model demonstrate the feasibility of using ABM to capture nuances in TB transmission.

Keyphrases

mycobacterium tuberculosis
electronic health record
risk factors
big data
hiv aids
machine learning
deep learning
hiv infected
artificial intelligence