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| Title |
Systems thinking in combating infectious diseases
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| Published in |
Infectious Diseases of Poverty, September 2017
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| DOI | 10.1186/s40249-017-0339-6 |
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| Authors |
Shang Xia, Xiao-Nong Zhou, Jiming Liu |
| Abstract |
The transmission of infectious diseases is a dynamic process determined by multiple factors originating from disease pathogens and/or parasites, vector species, and human populations. These factors interact with each other and demonstrate the intrinsic mechanisms of the disease transmission temporally, spatially, and socially. In this article, we provide a comprehensive perspective, named as systems thinking, for investigating disease dynamics and associated impact factors, by means of emphasizing the entirety of a system's components and the complexity of their interrelated behaviors. We further develop the general steps for performing systems approach to tackling infectious diseases in the real-world settings, so as to expand our abilities to understand, predict, and mitigate infectious diseases. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 3 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 33% |
| Germany | 1 | 33% |
| Pakistan | 1 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 67% |
| Scientists | 1 | 33% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 77 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 77 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 17 | 22% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 13 | 17% |
| Researcher | 10 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 6 | 8% |
| Lecturer | 4 | 5% |
| Other | 12 | 16% |
| Unknown | 15 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 9 | 12% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 8 | 10% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 5 | 6% |
| Social Sciences | 4 | 5% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 4 | 5% |
| Other | 24 | 31% |
| Unknown | 23 | 30% |