Mathematical epidemiology of infectious diseases : model building, analysis, and interpretation / O. Diekmann, J.A.P. Heesterbeek.
By: Diekmann, O.
Contributor(s): Heesterbeek, J. A. P.
Material type: BookSeries: Wiley series in mathematical and computational biology.Publisher: Chichester ; New York : John Wiley, ©2000Description: xvi, 303 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.ISBN: 0471986828 (cased); 0471492418 (pbk).Other title: Mathematical epidemiology | Mathematical epidemiology of infectious diseases.Subject(s): EPIDEMIOLOGY | INFECTIOUS DISEASES | DISEASE SURVEYS | APPLICATIONS OF MATHEMATICS | MATHEMATICS | MODELLING | ANALYSIS (MATHEMATICAL) | COMMUNICABLE DISEASES | EPIDEMICS | DEMOGRAPHY | POPULATION MODELS | PARASITESHoldings: GRETA POINT: 616-036.22 DIEItem type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-300) and index.
I. The bare bones: Basic issues explained in the simplest context -- 1. The epidemic in a closed population -- 2. Heterogeneity: The art of averaging -- 3. Dynamics at the demographic time scale -- II. Structured populations -- 4. The concept of state -- 5. The basic reproduction ratio -- 6. And everything else ... -- 7. Age structure -- 8. Spatial spread -- 9. Macroparasites -- 10. What is contact? -- III. The hard part: Elaborations to (almost) all exercises -- 11. Elaborations for Part I -- 12. Elaborations for Part II -- Appendix A. Stochastic basis of the Kermack-McKendrick ODE model -- Appendix B. Bibliographic skeleton.
For those who wish for a systemic introduction to the theory of modeling epidemics in populations, this book presents a clear and coherent discussion of the most important issues, concepts, and phenomena in the mathematical modeling of infectious diseases.
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