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This chapter introduces the subject of epidemiology and includes a classification of infectious diseases based on their route of transmission. A number of definitions of key epidemiological concepts are given. The chapter introduces a brief history of the study and modeling of infectious diseases, h...
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| description | This chapter introduces the subject of epidemiology and includes a classification of infectious diseases based on their route of transmission. A number of definitions of key epidemiological concepts are given. The chapter introduces a brief history of the study and modeling of infectious diseases, highlighting the seminal contributions of Sir Ronald Ross. Finally, the chapter gives a description of the modeling process in biology and a list of the types of models used today in mathematical biology. |
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| spelling | pubmed-71232842020-04-06 Introduction Martcheva, Maia An Introduction to Mathematical Epidemiology Article This chapter introduces the subject of epidemiology and includes a classification of infectious diseases based on their route of transmission. A number of definitions of key epidemiological concepts are given. The chapter introduces a brief history of the study and modeling of infectious diseases, highlighting the seminal contributions of Sir Ronald Ross. Finally, the chapter gives a description of the modeling process in biology and a list of the types of models used today in mathematical biology. 2015-03-16 /pmc/articles/PMC7123284/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-7612-3_1 Text en © Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic. |
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