Abstract
We describe the application of mathematical models in the study of disease epidemics with particular focus on pandemic influenza. We outline the general mathematical approach and the complications arising from attempts to apply it for disease outbreak management in a real public health context.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1-20 |
Number of pages | 20 |
Journal | Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering |
Volume | 8 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 2011 |
Keywords
- Antiviral treatment
- Basic reproduction number
- Control strategies
- Epidemic models
- Final size relation
- Pandemic influenza
- Social distancing
- Vaccination
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Modeling and Simulation
- General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
- Computational Mathematics
- Applied Mathematics