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With the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic, simulation modelling approaches have become effective tools to simulate the potential effects of different intervention measures and predict the dynamic COVID-19 trends..

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Oyster Mushroom · 2022 · Review · Virus genes

Diversity of mycoviruses in edible fungi.

Mycoviruses (fungal viruses) are widespread in all major taxonomic groups of fungi. Although most mycovirus infections are latent, some mycoviruses, such as La France isometric virus, mushroom virus X, and oyster mushroom spherical virus, can cause severe diseases in edible fungi and lead to significant production….

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Cordyceps · 2022 · Review · Explore (New York, N.Y.)

Integrative medicine considerations for convalescence from mild-to-moderate COVID-19 disease.

The majority of individuals infected with SARS-CoV-2 have mild-to-moderate COVID-19 disease. Convalescence from mild-to-moderate (MtoM) COVID-19 disease may be supported by integrative medicine strategies..

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Almond Mushroom · 2022 · Review · Frontiers in public health

Simulation and forecasting models of COVID-19 taking into account spatio-temporal dynamic characteristics: A review.

The COVID-19 epidemic has caused more than 6.4 million deaths to date and has become a hot topic of interest in different disciplines. According to bibliometric analysis, more than 340,000 articles have been published on the COVID-19 epidemic from the beginning of the epidemic until recently..

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Almond Mushroom · 2021 · Editorial · Breastfeeding medicine: the official journal of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine

President's Corner: Introduction to ABM's Statement on Considerations for COVID-19 Vaccination in Lactation.

Metadata-grounded summary: This editorial indexes research on Agaricus blazei in Breastfeeding medicine: the official journal of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine in 2021. MycoData maps the paper to respiratory based on its title, species context, article metadata, and study classification..

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Oyster Mushroom · 2025 · Brief Report · Current therapeutic research, clinical and experimental

Effect of a Pleuran-Based Supplement on Salivary IgA Secretion in Children With Recurrent Respiratory Infections.

BACKGROUND: ß-glucans isolated from natural sources have demonstrated pluripotent immunomodulatory potential, making them a promising supportive treatment for the management of recurrent respiratory infections (RRIs) in children..

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Oyster Mushroom · 2023 · Journal Article · Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry

Isolation, structure elucidation, and biological activities of sesquiterpenes and phthalides from two edible mushrooms Pleurotus species.

Antimicrobial compounds were purified from culture filtrates from 2 edible Pleurotus species. Using a bioassay-guided fractionation of the culture filtrate extracts, 3 compounds (1-3) were obtained from Pleurotus ostreatus, and another compound (4) was obtained from Pleurotus pulmonarius..

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Oyster Mushroom · 2023 · Journal Article · Frontiers in microbiology

Mechanism of fungal remediation of wetland water: Stropharia rugosoannulata as promising fungal species for the development of biofilters to remove clinically important pathogenic and antibiotic resistant bacteria in contaminated water.

Mycoremediation uses mushroom forming fungi for remediation of sites contaminated with biotic and abiotic contaminants. The root-like hyphae of many fungi, the mycelia, have been used to remediate soil and water..

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Reishi · 2023 · Journal Article · Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

Red recombination enables a wide variety of markerless manipulation of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus genome to generate recombinant virus.

Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) is a member of the genera Alphacoronavirus that has been associated with acute watery diarrhea and vomiting in swine. Unfortunately, no effective vaccines and antiviral drugs for PEDV are currently available.

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Reishi · 2023 · Journal Article · Gene

Transcriptome profiling and bioinformatic analysis of the effect of ganoderic acid T prevents Sendai virus infection.

Ganoderic acid T (GA-T) is an important triterpene of Ganoderma lucidum, which is utilized to treat viral infections. Sendai virus (SeV) is widely studied to determine the molecular biological characteristics of RNA viruses and employed to elucidate the mechanisms governing the innate immune response..

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Shiitake · 2022 · Journal Article · Frontiers in oncology

AHCC® Supplementation to Support Immune Function to Clear Persistent Human Papillomavirus Infections.

OBJECTIVE: To determine the efficacy, safety, and durability of the use of AHCC supplementation for 6 months to support the host immune system to clear high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) infections..

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Enoki · 2022 · Journal Article · Pesticide biochemistry and physiology

Antiviral agent fTDP stimulates the SA signaling pathway and enhances tobacco defense against tobacco mosaic virus.

TEER-decreasing protein (TDP) from Flammulina velutipes was antiviral resource against tobacco mosaic virus (TMV). However, the resistance mechanisms have not been clarified..

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Turkey Tail · 2022 · Journal Article · Natural product research

Antiviral effect of a commercially phytotherapeutic compound against feline immunodeficiency virus.

The feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) is a widespread lentivirus of felids. Due to its worldwide diffusion and the lack of an effective preventive and therapeutic protocol, it has a high impact on the cats' health..

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Reishi · 2022 · Journal Article · Plants (Basel, Switzerland)

Cytotoxic Activities and Fingerprint Analysis of Triterpenes by HPTLC Technique for Distinguishing Ganoderma Species from Vietnam and other Asian Countries.

Ganoderma lucidum (Fr.) P. Karst.

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Enoki · 2022 · Research Article · Frontiers in microbiology

FTX271: A potential gene resource for plant antiviral transgenic breeding.

Flammutoxin (FTX), as well as its precursor TDP, is a protein from Flammulina velutipes with antiviral activity. Transgenic tobacco with the FTX271 (gene of FTX or TDP) can not only delay the onset time of symptoms but also alleviate the symptoms caused by tobacco mosaic virus (TMV), but the mechanism is still….

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Reishi · 2022 · Journal Article · Food and chemical toxicology: an international journal published for the British Industrial Biological Research Association

Lucidenic acid A inhibits the binding of hACE2 receptor with spike protein to prevent SARS-CoV-2 invasion.

High infection caused by mutations of SARS-CoV-2 calls for new prevention strategy. Ganoderma lucidum known as a superior immunoenhancer exhibits various antiviral effects, whether it can resist SARS-CoV-2 remains unclear..

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Reishi · 2022 · Journal Article · Phytotherapy research: PTR

Time-dependent dual beneficial modulation of interferon-γ, interleukin 5, and Treg cytokines in asthma patient peripheral blood mononuclear cells by ganoderic acid B.

Th2 cytokines play a dominant role in the pathogenesis of allergic asthma. Interferon gamma (IFN-γ), a Th1 cytokine, links to therapeutic mechanisms of allergic asthma.

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Oyster Mushroom · 2021 · Journal Article · International journal of medicinal mushrooms

Antibacterial and Antioxidant Activity of Different Extracts of Some Wild Medicinal Mushrooms from Nigeria.

This study assessed the antioxidant properties and antibacterial effects of hot water, cold water, and ethanol extracts of Agaricomycetes mushrooms Trametes betulina, Pleurotus ostreatus, Agaricus bisporus var. albidus, and A.

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Turkey Tail · 2021 · Research Article · Polymers

Characterization of Novel Biopolymer Blend Mycocel from Plant Cellulose and Fungal Fibers.

In this study unique blended biopolymer mycocel from naturally derived biomass was developed. Softwood Kraft (KF) or hemp (HF) cellulose fibers were mixed with fungal fibers (FF) in different ratios and the obtained materials were characterized regarding microstructure, air permeability, mechanical properties, and….

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Shiitake · 2021 · Journal Article · Food & function

Effects of fungal beta-glucans on health - a systematic review of randomized controlled trials.

INTRODUCTION: Beta-glucans are polysaccharides that exhibit a wide range of biological properties as a result of their varying chemical composition. Like all dietary fibers, they avoid catabolism in the upper gastrointestinal tract, and they reach the large intestine undigested..

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Turkey Tail · 2021 · Journal Article · Industrial crops and products

The antifungal mechanism of konjac flying powder extract and its active compounds against wood decay fungi

Wood products are vulnerable to fungal degradation that reduces service life. Traditional wood preservatives can provide excellent service life but efforts are underway to develop more natural methods for wood protection..

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Yellow Morel · 2014 · Journal Article · Toxicology and industrial health

Antioxidant activity via DPPH, gram-positive and gram-negative antimicrobial potential in edible mushrooms.

Edible mushrooms (EMs) are nutritionally rich source of proteins and essential amino acids. In the present study, the antioxidant activity via 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) and antimicrobial potential in EMs (Pleurotus ostreatus, Morchella esculenta, P.

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Almond Mushroom · 2023 · Research Support, Non U.S. Gov'T · Bulletin of mathematical biology

Circulation of Respiratory Viruses in the City: Towards an Agent-Based Ecosystem model.

Mathematical models play an important role in management of outbreaks of acute respiratory infections (ARI). While such models are generally used to study the spread of a solitary virus, in reality multiple viruses co-circulate in the population..

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Almond Mushroom · 2023 · Research Support, Non U.S. Gov'T · Acta biomaterialia

Epithelial folding of alveolar cells derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells on artificial basement membrane.

Epithelial folding depends on mechanical properties of both epithelial cells and underlying basement membrane (BM). While folding is essential for tissue morphogenesis and functions, it is difficult to recapitulate features of a growing epithelial monolayer for in vitro modeling due to lack of in vivo like BM..

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Almond Mushroom · 2023 · Observational Study · International journal of epidemiology

Prevalence, aetiology, vaccination coverage and spatio-temporal pattern among patients admitted with acute bacterial meningitis to the sentinel hospital surveillance network in Yemen, 2014-20, before and during the civil war.

BACKGROUND: Acute bacterial meningitis (ABM) is a serious health issue in Yemen where civil war, which continues unabated, has crippled the healthcare system. We conducted a nationwide retrospective observational study in Yemeni sentinel hospitals to identify the prevalence, aetiology, vaccination coverage and….

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Almond Mushroom · 2022 · Multicenter Study · Zhonghua er ke za zhi = Chinese journal of pediatrics

[A multicenter epidemiological study of acute bacterial meningitis in children].

Objective: To analyze the clinical epidemiological characteristics including composition of pathogens, clinical characteristics, and disease prognosis acute bacterial meningitis (ABM) in Chinese children. Methods: A retrospective analysis was performed on the clinical and laboratory data of 1 610 children 0.05)..

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Almond Mushroom · 2022 · Brief Report · Frontiers in pediatrics

Changes in the incidence of acute bacterial meningitis caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae and the implications of serotype replacement in children in Colombia after mass vaccination with PCV10.

INTRODUCTION: Acute bacterial meningitis (ABM) is a public health problem. The disease has reemerged after the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) due to an increase in serotypes that are not covered..

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Almond Mushroom · 2022 · Research Support, Non U.S. Gov'T · PloS one

Childhood meningitis in rural Gambia: 10 years of population-based surveillance.

BACKGROUND: The introduction in many countries of conjugate vaccines against Haemophilus influenzae type b, Streptococcus pneumoniae, and Neisseria meningitidis has led to significant reductions in acute bacterial meningitis (ABM) in children..

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Almond Mushroom · 2022 · Research Support, Non U.S. Gov'T · PloS one

Enhancing the prediction of hospitalization from a COVID-19 agent-based model: A Bayesian method for model parameter estimation.

Agent-based models (ABMs) have become a common tool for estimating demand for hospital beds during the COVID-19 pandemic. A key parameter in these ABMs is the probability of hospitalization for agents with COVID-19..

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Almond Mushroom · 2022 · Research Support, Non U.S. Gov'T · Advanced healthcare materials

Generation of Alveolar Epithelium Using Reconstituted Basement Membrane and hiPSC-Derived Organoids.

In vitro modeling of alveolar epithelium needs to recapitulate features of both cellular and noncellular components of the lung tissues. Herein, a method is presented to generate alveolar epithelium by using human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) and reconstituted or artificial basement membrane (ABM)..

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Almond Mushroom · 2022 · Research Support, Non U.S. Gov'T · PLoS computational biology

Hybrid simulation modelling of networks of heterogeneous care homes and the inter-facility spread of Covid-19 by sharing staff.

Although system dynamics [SD] and agent-based modelling [ABM] have individually served as effective tools to understand the Covid-19 dynamics, combining these methods in a hybrid simulation model can help address Covid-19 questions and study systems and settings that are difficult to study with a single approach..

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Almond Mushroom · 2022 · Data Paper · Data in brief

Supporting data for the integrated Agent-Based Modelling and Robust Optimization on food supply network design in COVID-19 pandemic.

This article presents the data as a support for "Designing a Food Supply Chain Strategy during COVID-19 Pandemic using an Integrated Agent-Based Modelling and Robust Optimization" [1]..

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Almond Mushroom · 2021 · Research Support, Non U.S. Gov'T · Analytical biochemistry

Procalcitonin measurement using antibody-conjugated fluorescent microspheres distinguishes atypical bacterial meningitis from viral encephalitis in children.

Examination of cerebrospinal fluid in atypical bacterial meningitis (ABM) is similar to that of viral encephalitis (VE), so ABM can easily be misdiagnosed as VE, which can delay diagnosis and treatment..

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Almond Mushroom · 2021 · Research Support, Non U.S. Gov'T · Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md.: 1985)

Systolic reserve maintains left ventricular-vascular coupling when challenged by adverse breathing mechanics and hypertension in healthy adults.

Augmented negative intrathoracic pressures (nITP) and dynamic hyperinflation (DH) are adverse breathing mechanics (ABM) associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) that attenuate left ventricular (LV) preload and augment afterload..

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Oyster Mushroom · 2020 · Journal Article · International journal of medicinal mushrooms

In Vitro and In Vivo Medicinal Value of Culinary-Medicinal Lung Oyster Mushroom Pleurotus pulmonarius var. stechangii (Agaricomycetes).

Pleurotus pulmonarius var. stechangii is a culinary-medicinal mushroom commonly cultivated in subtropical countries in Asia.

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Cordyceps · 2020 · Journal Article · Proceedings for Annual Meeting of The Japanese Pharmacological Society

Stimulatory effect of the extract of fruit body of Cordyceps militaris on the secretion of testosterone in rats

Metadata-grounded summary: This journal article indexes research on Ophiocordyceps sinensis in Proceedings for Annual Meeting of The Japanese Pharmacological Society in 2020. MycoData maps the paper to energy & fatigue, respiratory based on its title, species context, article metadata, and study classification..

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Almond Mushroom · 2020 · Journal Article · Frontiers in veterinary science

Variable Cognition in ABM Decision-Making: An Application to Livestock Vaccine Choice.

Modeling realistic human decision-making is an important feature of good policy design processes. The use of an agent-based modeling framework allows for quantitative human decision-models that assume fully rational agents.

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Shiitake · 2020 · Journal Article · The Science of the total environment

β-Glucan extracts from the same edible shiitake mushroom Lentinus edodes produce differential in-vitro immunomodulatory and pulmonary cytoprotective effects - Implications for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) immunotherapies.

Coronavirus pneumonia is accompanied by rapid virus replication, where a large number of inflammatory cell infiltration and cytokine storm may lead to acute lung injury, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and death..

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Wood Ear · 2019 · Journal Article · International journal of medicinal mushrooms

Aqueous Extract of Wood Ear Mushroom, Auricularia polytricha (Agaricomycetes), Demonstrated Antiepileptic Activity against Seizure Induced by Maximal Electroshock and Isoniazid in Experimental Animals.

Auricularia polytricha is a popular mushroom found all over the world. This article describes a study of the antiepileptic effect of A.

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Cordyceps · 2018 · Journal Article · Abstracts of Papers Presented at the Meeting of the Mycological Society of Japan

Identification of Cordyceps sp. parasitic on imagoes of Triphosa sericata sericata in abandoned mine of Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan and dynamics of these fruiting bodies

Metadata-grounded summary: This journal article indexes research on Ophiocordyceps sinensis in Abstracts of Papers Presented at the Meeting of the Mycological Society of Japan in 2018. MycoData maps the paper to energy & fatigue, respiratory based on its title, species context, article metadata, and study classification..

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Cordyceps · 2018 · Journal Article · Proceedings for Annual Meeting of The Japanese Pharmacological Society

Protective effect of Echinacoside, Cistanche and Cordyceps militaris extract on reproductive damage in rats

Metadata-grounded summary: This journal article indexes research on Ophiocordyceps sinensis in Proceedings for Annual Meeting of The Japanese Pharmacological Society in 2018. MycoData maps the paper to energy & fatigue, respiratory based on its title, species context, article metadata, and study classification..

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Shiitake · 2017 · Journal Article · International journal of medicinal mushrooms

Characterization and Antiproliferative Effect of Novel Acid Polysaccharides from the Spent Substrate of Shiitake Culinary-Medicinal Mushroom Lentinus edodes (Agaricomycetes) Cultivation.

In this study, a high yield of crude polysaccharide (16.73 ± 0.756%) was extracted from the spent mushroom substrate of Lentinus edodes using a hot alkali extraction method..

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Shiitake · 2016 · Journal Article · International journal of medicinal mushrooms

Optimization of the Production of Extracellular Polysaccharide from the Shiitake Medicinal Mushroom Lentinus edodes (Agaricomycetes) Using Mutation and a Genetic Algorithm-Coupled Artificial Neural Network (GA-ANN).

Exopolysaccharide (EPS) production by a strain of Lentinus edodes was studied via the effects of treatments with ultraviolet (UV) irradiation and acridine orange. Furthermore, optimization of EPS production was studied using a genetic algorithm coupled with an artificial neural network in submerged fermentation..

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Cordyceps · 2016 · Journal Article · JOURNAL OF THE BREWING SOCIETY OF JAPAN

The Bioactive Functions by the Extract of Cordyceps Militaris Soaked in the Sweetpotato Shochu

Metadata-grounded summary: This journal article indexes research on Ophiocordyceps sinensis in JOURNAL OF THE BREWING SOCIETY OF JAPAN in 2016. MycoData maps the paper to energy & fatigue, respiratory based on its title, species context, article metadata, and study classification..

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King Oyster · 2009 · Case Reports · Nihon Kokyuki Gakkai zasshi = the journal of the Japanese Respiratory Society

[Hypersensitivity pneumonitis induced by Hypsizigus marumoreus].

We present the case of a 53-year-old woman who was employed at a mushroom (Pleurotus eryngii and Hypsizigus marumoreus) cultivation factory for 15 years. She was admitted to our hospital because of fever and dry cough..

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Mesima · 2020 · Review · Environmental research

Hispolon: A natural polyphenol and emerging cancer killer by multiple cellular signaling pathways.

Nature as an infinite treasure of chemotypes and pharmacophores will continue to play an imperative role in the drug discovery. Natural products (NPs) such as plant and fungal metabolites have emerged as leads in drug discovery during recent years due to their efficacy, safety and selectivity..

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Shiitake · 2019 · Review · Journal of ethnopharmacology

Do recent research studies validate the medicinal plants used in British Columbia, Canada for pet diseases and wild animals taken into temporary care?

ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: There are insufficient safe and effective treatments for chronic pain in pets. In cases such as osteoarthritis there is no commercially available cure and veterinarians use NSAIDs to manage pain..

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Chaga · 2004 · Review · Journal of natural products

Biologically active compounds from Aphyllophorales (polypore) fungi.

This review describes biologically active natural products isolated from Aphyllophorales, many of which are known as polypores. Polypores are a large group of terrestrial fungi of the phylum Basdiomycota (basidiomycetes), and they along with certain Ascomycota are a major source of pharmacologically active substances..

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Almond Mushroom · 2023 · Preprint · journal metadata

Bayesian calibration of differentiable agent-based models

Agent-based modelling (ABMing) is a powerful and intuitive approach to modelling complex systems; however, the intractability of ABMs' likelihood functions and the non-differentiability of the mathematical operations comprising these models present a challenge to their use in the real world..

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Almond Mushroom · 2023 · Preprint · journal metadata

Differentiable Agent-based Epidemiology

Mechanistic simulators are an indispensable tool for epidemiology to explore the behavior of complex, dynamic infections under varying conditions and navigate uncertain environments..

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