Research Article

Spatial Spread of Tuberculosis through Neighborhoods Segregated by Socioeconomic Position: A Stochastic Automata Model

Table 1

Treatment scenarios and resulting number of deaths and number of people infected by type of area after 240 months.

Scenarios  
Percentage of people treated in each set of treatments
Deaths Total number of
infected people
Number of infected
people in high density
areas
Number of infected
people in medium
density areas
Number of infected people
in low density areas
Delay in diagnosis6 mo3 mo6 mo3 mo6 mo3 mo6 mo3 mo6 mo3 mo

(1) 0% general  
0% targeted
4 (3)4 (2)574 (170)560 (146)440 (147)428 (138)109 (55)110 (61)20 (15)19 (17)
(2) 40% general  
40% targeted
0 (0)0 (1)56 (14)32 (8)43 (12)25 (7)11 (7)5 (3)2 (1)2 (1)
(3) 40% general  
90% targeted
0 (0)0 (0)44 (12)27 (6)33 (9)20 (5)9 (6)5 (2)2 (1)2 (1)
(4) 70% general  
70% targeted
0 (0)0 (0)46 (13)22 (6)36 (11)17 (4)8 (5)4 (2)2 (1)2 (1)
(5) 70% general  
90% targeted
0 (0)0 (0)48 (13)22 (4)37 (12)17 (3)8 (5)3 (1)2 (1)2 (1)
(6) 0% general  
90% targeted
1 (1)0 (1)140 (62)135 (73)35 (11)20 (10)85 (57)89 (67)18 (17)25 (27)