Synopses & Reviews
Vital resource in infectious diseases, will especially appeal to workers in epidemiology, public health and biology.
Review
"The case of infectious diseases is particularly interesting in that the spread of a disease within a population is determined in part by the structure of that population while infections do themselves determine aspects of population dynamics." B.S. Drasar, Epidemiol.Infect."...the topics presented are cutting edge, and need to be at the disposal of epidemiologists....this book should encourage public health researchers, epidemiologists and biostatisticians to consider broad applications and the use of different methods even more." Rob Lyerla, Journal of the American Statistical Association
Synopsis
Contains a breadth of different quantitative approaches to understanding the patterns of infectious diseases in populations, and the design of control strategies to lessen their effect. Describes research on diseases such as measles, AIDS, and tropical parasitic infections. A vital resource for any involved in this hugely important area.
Table of Contents
Part I. Transmissible Diseases with Long Development Times and Vaccination Strategies; Part II. Dynamics of Immunity (Development of Disease within Individuals); Part III. Population Heterogeneity (Mixing) Modeling; Part IV. Consequences of Treatment Interventions; Part V. Prediction.