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Mathematical models for communicable diseases / Fred Brauer, Carlos Castillo-Chavez.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brauer, Fred.
- Series:
- CBMS-NSF regional conference series in applied mathematics ; 84.
- CBMS-NSF regional conference series in applied mathematics ; 84
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Communicable diseases--Mathematical models.
- Communicable diseases.
- Communicable diseases--Epidemiology--Mathematical models.
- Epidemiology--Mathematical models.
- Epidemiology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 electronic text (xviii, 264 p.) : digital file.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia, Pa. : Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM, 3600 Market Street, Floor 6, Philadelphia, PA 19104), 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.
- Summary:
- This graduate-level textbook appeals to readers interested in the mathematical theory of disease transmission models. It is self-contained and accessible to readers who are comfortable with calculus, elementary differential equations, and linear algebra. The book provides insight into modeling cross-immunity between different disease strains (such as influenza) and the synergistic interactions between multiple diseases (e.g., HIV and tuberculosis); diseases transmitted by viral agents, bacteria, and vectors (e.g., mosquitos transmitting malaria to humans); and both epidemic and endemic disease occurrences.
- Contents:
- Introduction : mathematical modeling in epidemiology
- Compartmental epidemic models
- Models for endemic diseases
- Heterogeneity in epidemic models
- Models structured by age
- Models for diseases in highly mobile populations
- Modeling influenza
- Models for the dynamics of influenza
- Models for the transmission dynamics of HIV
- Dynamical models of tuberculosis and applications
- Models for sexually transmitted diseases or STDs.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Title from title screen, viewed 11/01/2012.
- ISBN:
- 9781611972429 (electronic bk.)
- 1611972418
- OCLC:
- 815956721
- Publisher Number:
- CB84 SIAM
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