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Simulation model on the potential us of Vibrio cholorae as a biological agent of terror and simulated economic impact in Nigeria.


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Pwaveno Huladeino Bamaiyi (2014) Simulation model on the potential us of Vibrio cholorae as a biological agent of terror and simulated economic impact in Nigeria. International Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health, 3 (1). pp. 3-11. ISSN 2049-1964

Abstract

A simulation model study was carried out on the use of Vibrio cholerae as a bioweapon on the Nigerian population by a hypothetical terrorist group

that starts by infecting people with live cultures of V. cholerae in water and food sources in Kano and then the rest of the country. This study was

carried out to understand the potentials of a bioterrorist on a developing economy like Nigeria. The simulation was carried out for a simulated

period of 3 months using the Spatiotemporal Epidemiological Modeler (STEM) with two scenarios and utilizing available data in the STEM software

and published literature. The first scenario in which there was no intervention against cholera for three months had a total incidence of 7,222,499

and total deaths of 25,300,670. In the second scenario in which intervention started on day 28 of the 3 month period, the incidence was 422,142 and

total deaths were 1,549,427. Economic implications of combating the cholera outbreak of the first scenario were USD2.1 billion and for the second

scenario outbreak USD114.5 million for a total of 538 towns and locations simulated. The difference between the first and second scenarios was

statistically significant (P<0.01). Towns and locations with large and overcrowded populations showed higher incidences, infections, death rates

and economic losses. The case is made for proper preparedness strategies that can neutralize or minimize the effects of a potential bioterrorist

attack on a developing economy like Nigeria which is already overburdened by other economic and developmental challenges.

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Item Type: Non-Indexed Article
Collection Type: Institution
Date: 2014
Journal or Publication Title: International Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health
ISSN: 2049-1964
Uncontrolled Keywords: Simulation, model - Bioweapon - Vibrio cholerae - Economic impact - Terror.
Faculty/Centre/Office: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
URI: http://discol.umk.edu.my/id/eprint/7970
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