TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2009//
TI  - Epidemics of panic during a bioterrorist attack--a mathematical model
JO  - Medical hypotheses
A1  - Radosavljevic, Vladan
A1  - Radunovic, Desanka
A1  - Belojević, Goran
SP  - 342
EP  - 346
VL  - 73
IS  - 3
N2  - A bioterrorist attacks usually cause epidemics of panic in a targeted population. We have presented epidemiologic aspect of this phenomenon as a three-component model--host, information on an attack and social network. We have proposed a mathematical model of panic and counter-measures as the function of time in a population exposed to a bioterrorist attack. The model comprises ordinary differential equations and graphically presented combinations of the equations parameters. Clinically, we have presented a model through a sequence of psychic conditions and disorders initiated by an act of bioterrorism. This model might be helpful for an attacked community to timely and properly apply counter-measures and to minimize human mental suffering during a bioterrorist attack.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0306-9877
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mehy.2008.12.055
ID  - ref1
ER  -