Mathematical Models as Tools for Evaluating the Effectiveness of Interventions: A Comment on Levin

• Published in: Clinical Infectious Diseases
• Main Author: Kristinsson, Karl G.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 2001
• Subjects: Supplement Articles; Levin; Iceland
• Online Access: http://cid.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/33/Supplement_3/S174; https://doi.org/10.1086/321845

Possible interventions to minimize resistance rates are numerous and can involve reduction and/or change in antimicrobial use, infection control, and vaccinations. As mathematical models are becoming more realistic they can be useful to quantitatively evaluate the relative contribution of individual...